BOSTON--In the bottom of the third inning of yesterday's 7-1 win over Northeastern in the Beanpot consolation game, Erik Binkowski scored the most adventurous run of the afternoon.

After senior catcher Jason Keck lined a single to straightaway center, Binkowski, who had bolted from second on contact, came thundering down the third-base line and attempted a headfirst slide at home plate.

Fully laid out, the junior first baseman came to a screeching stop in the Fenway Park dirt--a full three feet from the dish.

While the throw wended its way from center to the cutoff man, Binkowski, belly to the ground, inched forward and, after two lunges, slapped the plate safely, much to the delight of the rest of the Harvard baseball team, which was watching and chuckling from the dugout steps.

It was a play typical of a relaxed, successful afternoon in which the Crimson (22-14, 13-3 Ivy) strolled around Fenway like it owned the place, dispatching the Huskies (17-14) for the second straight year in Beanpot play.

Harvard used seven pitchers through seven innings, limiting Northeastern to three hits and one unearned run in the first, while striking out eight and walking one.

Senior designated hitter Peter Woodfork lashed three singles in three at-bats, twice delivering two-out RBI. Woodfork had not started since last Saturday's doubleheader against Brown because of a chipped bone in his elbow.

"It's something I've been working through," Woodfork said. "It's definitely affecting me. Sometimes it feels like I'm swinging with one arm. Some at-bats it doesn't bother me, but then I'll get that one swing where it does."

Freshman righthander Ben Crockett (4-1) stumbled upon the win by striking out the side in the second. He became the pitcher of record when Woodfork's RBI single in the bottom of the inning scored junior left fielder Jeff Bridich to give the Crimson a 2-1 lead.