"He was just a two-pitch pitcher," Woodfork said. "You know, fastball-curveball, and if we faced him 20 times over the season we'd be fine. He just pitched a smart game, didn't make any mistakes and we weren't aggressive."
Smith tossed a complete-game, three-hit shutout, striking out nine while walking just two.
Vail, a Second-Team All-Ivy selection last season, took the hard-luck loss, fashioning a complete game of his own while striking out six and allowing four hits.
CSU scored the game's only run in the bottom of the fifth when second baseman John Rocco tripled with one out. He scored two batters later on shortstop Jay Corrigale's RBI single.
"We were out of rhythm from the plane trip," Duffell said. "We're not a team that gets shut out."
Harvard 13, CSU 5
Harvard never looked back, cruising behind junior Derek Lennon and senior Donny Jamieson's long relief efforts to a 13-5 win.
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