Captain Hal Carey sent a home run to right field in the bottom of the fourth, making it 6-3, but Teal matched him in the next inning, sending a game-tying three-run home run to center, chasing Crockett.

"The pitching wasn't as good as it has been today, but fortunately the hitting was much more aggressive," Carey said. "The team's attitude is much more positive now that we've started hitting."

Neither team scored again until Huling touched home plate with the winning run in the ninth.

Huling provided the O'Donnell faithful with some choice examples of why he's a more-than-adequate replacement for Brian Ralph '98 by making two stellar plays in center.

He climbed the fence and reached into the pine trees to rob Bulldog third baseman Mike Kahney of a sure home run in the fifth and then snagged a sinking pop-up off the bat of center fielder Keith Reams in the eighth.

"Huling's a guy who covers the turf well, and today he took a home run away," Walsh said. "Defense up the middle like that lets other teams know they'll have to hit to beat us."

Harvard 8, Yale 4

After shellacking the Bulldogs in the first end of the twin bill behind Vail's brilliant pitching, the Crimson sent sophomore sensation John Birtwell to the hill for the nightcap.

And although Birtwell--the reigning Ivy League Pitcher of the Week, and an early favorite for league Pitcher of the Year honors--did not dominate as he usually does, he pitched solidly, as the Crimson bats once again came alive to earn an 8-4 victory.

After pitching a scoreless first inning, Birtwell did something that surprised all--he allowed an earned run. Bulldog catcher Todd Kasper's solo home run in the top of the second inning snapped Birtwell's streak of 17 consecutive scoreless innings, and gave Yale an early 1-0 lead. Birtwell had not surrendered an earned run in the state of Massachusetts before Saturday.

Despite the home run, Birtwell remained poised, and was having his way with the Bulldog lineup in the early going.

But as the score remained the same heading into the fourth, one began to wonder if Harvard had used up all of its offensive ammunition in the first game. In the bottom of the fourth, however, the Crimson silenced all fears, as it got a big hit from one of the day's biggest heroes--Binkowski.

Huling led of the inning with a base hit up the middle, setting the stage for the Crimson first baseman. And Binkowski did not disappoint, blasting freshman Matt McCarthy's offering over the right-field fence for his second home run of the day and giving Harvard a 2-1 lead.

Binkowski would finish the day with two home runs and nine RBI.

In the top of the fifth, however, Birtwell served up yet another solo home run, this time to Teal, tying the contest at 2-2.

But the Harvard bats came through once again in the bottom of the inning.