Then in the fifth, after the Bulldogs' Ben Teal had tied the game at 4-4 with an RBI single, Mager broke the game open by stroking a two-run double just inside the third base bag, scoring Huling and Binkowski.

"There being one out, I was just looking to drive the ball to the outfield or hit it hard somewhere, since the infield was drawn in," Mager said. "[Yale starter Suddha Reddy] threw me an inside curveball, and I didn't get it that hard, but it was just a matter of putting the ball in play with two strikes."

Harvard would tack on two more in the eighth, getting back-to-back RBI hits from Huling and senior designated hitter Peter Woodfork to open the lead to 8-4 and stick Reddy (2-5) with an ugly line--seven earned runs on eight hits over 5.1 innings.

Harvard 7, Yale 6 (9 innings)

In a game that rolled into two innings of overtime, Harvard beat Yale 7-6 in the first half of yesterday's doubleheader.

Yale second baseman Luis Costa's error in the top of the ninth enabled Harvard to clinch the winning run. With Huling on second after a two-out double, pinch hitter Jason Larocque grounded to second, and Costa appeared to have Larocque beaten, but threw high and wide to first.

Costa made four of Yale's 12 errors on the weekend.

In another respectable showing, Crockett pitched into the fifth, preventing the Bulldogs from scoring in the first two innings. He finished with a no-decision, working 4.1 innings, allowing six earned runs on eight hits while striking out seven.

Crockett's fastball was also clocked at 89 m.p.h.

Junior reliever Mike Madden came in at the top of the fifth to pitch until the seventh when Derek Lennon took control of the mound. Lennon (3-1) retired nine of the ten batters he faced, striking out two to earn the win.

"The big thing today was Lennon coming in and pitching effectively," Walsh said. "He went out in all of those innings and it was boom! Strike one. Boom! Strike one."

Lennon now leads the team with 12 appearances and has trimmed his ERA to an even 3.00.

"I was just trying to hold it to zero, trying to let us be the first team to score and win," Lennon said.

Harvard got off to a good start in the first inning when senior catcher Jason Keck sent a triple sent to right field. Keck then scored the second run of the game on Huling's single.

In the third inning the Bulldogs scored their first two runs on a double sent to center field by left fielder Matt Lindsay. Later in the inning Lindsay slid into home off Teal's RBI single for a 3-2 Yale lead.

Harvard answered with a three-run third of its own, getting an RBI single from Binkowski and a two-run double from Huling to open up a 5-3 lead.