A pair of infield singles from Mager andsophomore left fielder John Portman, followed bya one-out walk to Huling loaded the bases forWoodfork, who provided the big blow by slicing asingle inside the right-field foul line, scoringtwo.
That two-run single upped Woodfork's RBI totalto 19, second-best on the team behind Huling.
"After Huling walked, I was honestly justtrying to hit a fly ball to right," Woodfork said."I had two strikes on me, and I wanted to put itin play. We're very aware of how important it isto get a win when Birtwell is on the mound."
Keck then stroked an RBI single up the middle,scoring Huling, and Harvard had all the runs itwould need--or get--to win 3-0. In Saturday's opener, Princeton's 6'10 freshmanstarter Chris Young got some revenge for his lastunhappy trip to Cambridge. Young, the starting center on the Tigers'basketball team and the hands-down selection as IvyLeague Rookie of the Year, returned to Harvard forthe first time since the Crimson dispatchedPrinceton 37-79 in overtime in February,effectively ending the Tigers' chances of landingan NCAA berth. Young looked as dominant on the mound as hedoes in the paint, striking out 10 in acomplete-game two-hitter, allowing just oneunearned run. He also took a no-hitter into thefourth, until junior designated hitter JasonLarocque singled to right with one out. "Young definitely brought it a little," saidWoodfork, who was 0-for-2 with a strikeout. "Itwas mostly fastballs with a little offspeed, butespecially the first time through, he was tough." Young (2-0) let the Crimson crack thescoreboard in the third, when Mager scored afterCarey drove a ground ball under third basemanChris Loving's glove. Mager had walked and movedover on a hit-by-pitch. so the Crimson had thatrun without any hits. Amazingly, senior starter Garett Vail made the1-0 advantage stand up into the sixth, when theTigers touched him for two runs with a two-outrally. Right fielder Max Krance broke the game openwith a two-run double that screamed inside thefirst-base bag, scoring designated hitter AndrewHanson and first baseman Matt Evans for a 2-1lead. Vail (0-2) had the bases empty with two outsbefore walking Hanson and allowing a line singleto Evans. Princeton tacked on a run in the seventh onshortstop John Boran's infield single, whichchased Vail. PRINCETON, 3-1 at O'Donnell Field R H EPrinceton 000 002 1- 3 5 1Harvard 001 000 0 - 1 2 1 HR: None. 2B: Princeton-Krance,Loving. 3B: None. SB:Princeton-None: Harvard-Woodfork. Bridich.E: Princeton-Loving: Harvard-O'Donnell.WP: Young (2-0); LP: Vail (0-2) R H EPrinceton 000 000 0- 0 3 2Harvard 003 000 x - 3 7 0 HR: None: 2B: None. SB:Princeton-Krance; Harvard-Woodfork, Keck E:Princeton-Boran, Rowland; Harvard-None.WP: (2-2) LP: Rowland (1-2) R H ECornell 000 000 0- 0 4 0Harvard 020 001 x- 3 7 0 HR: None. 2B: Cornell-None;Harvard-Mager, 3B: None. SB:Princeton-None; Harvard-Bridich E: None.WP: Crockett (2-1); LP: Osgood (0-3)