But Lemon then allowed a screaming two-run single inside the first-base bag to designated hitter Chris Morgan, and the Minutemen had the lead for good at 11-10.
Lennon served up Gorneault's two-run shot in the ninth to make it 13-10.
"Up 10-4, I think we let up," Keck said. "We were disappointed because that shows poor character."
Harvard collected a season-high 18 hits, knocking UMass starter Todd Samolewicz and reliever Jesse Santos around to the tune of 10 runs through four. Binkowski, Bridich and Keck provided the ammunition, as each had collected two hits by the fourth.
Binkowski drove in two runs in the bottom of the first with a single through the left side of the infield to tie the score at 2-2, and Keck hit a typical opposite-field single to right to score two runs in the third and tie it at 4-4.
It was Bridich, however, the reigning Ivy League Player of the Week, who supplied the big blow that juiced the Crimson up, driving a fat fastball from Samolewicz over the Green Monster in the third for a 6-4 lead.
It was Bridich's third home run of the season, and he is now tied with Binkowskin for second on the team.
"Initially, I didn't think I had gotten enough on the ball," Bridich said. "I didn't see it go out, and I thought it was going to hit the top of the wall. Then I saw the outfielder give up on it, and I knew it was gone."
Bridich added an RBI single during a four-run fourth off Santos, giving him 21 on the year.
Santos (2-0) recovered nicely after coughing up four in the fourth, holding the Crimson scoreless through the eighth. He worked 4.1 innings, allowing seven hits and four earned runs while walking four.
"Santos got ahead in the count starting in the fifth," Binkowski said. "And he started throwing his slider for strikes. He was throwing it in the fourth, but it didn't have much bite and I think he was nervous, it being Fenway and all."
Senior third baseman Hal Carey had a solid afternoon, going 4-for-5 with two runs scored, while Huling was 2-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI.
Notes
Bridich, who was 9-for-14 with eight RBI and a home run last weekend at Brown, was named the Ivy League Player of the Week. He is the second straight Crimson ballplayer to earn the honor, as Huling took it the week before.
"It's great, I guess," Bridich said. "If we were 1-8 or something, it wouldn't mean quite as much, but it's nice to know that the offense is putting up numbers and I'm helping us win."
Senior righthander Donny Jamieson, who notched a win and a save during the four-game set, was named to the Honor Roll.
The Crimson will face Northeastern tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the third-place game. Harvard routed the Huskies 11-0 in last year's semifinal. Interestingly, both UMass and Northeastern are also on Harvard's regular schedule for next week.