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Ninth-Inning Rally Falls Short in Beanpot Semifinal

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.

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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 Binkowski 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.

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