Right fielder Mike Quirk hit a leadoff single up the middle, and two batters later, McGowan pulled Nyweide's fastball deep over the left-field wall for a 4-1 lead.

"All four of my home runs, I hit on fastballs," McGowan said. "I know that these are the mid-week pitchers, but I had a pretty easy time all afternoon picking the ball up."

Catcher Jeff Waldron stroked Nyweide's next pitch to right, comfortably clearing the 30-foot-high scoreboard behind the fence, and the rout was on.

Nyweide walked center fielder Jarett Mendoza with two outs, then gave way to sophomore John Franey, who allowed an RBI double and a home run to light-hitting second baseman Mike Gambino on a high drive to center that sat in a strong wind and carried out of the park.

Langone's two-out RBI single closed out the scoring in the inning.

"They've been a similar team for the last few years," Carey said. "They're a team that likes to hit, and playing in their park, which is suited to the home run, with a good wind, made it different. But we knew that going in."

Nyweide worked 2.2 innings, allowing five earned runs on four hits, walking four.

Harvard put together mini-rallies in the fifth and the sixth to narrow the final margin. In the fifth, the Crimson got an RBI double from freshman utility man Mark Mager and a sacrifice fly from senior center fielder Andrew Huling. In the sixth, senior catcher Jason Keck scored on a wild pitch and Mager collected his fourth RBI of the doubleheader on a fielder's choice.