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Baseball 3-1 on Opening Weekend

The Crimson strung together four runs in the fourth to tie the game at 4-4, fashioning two of Columbia's six errors into three unearned runs. Sophomore leftfielder John Portman delivered a sacrifice fly, while Carey's double and freshman third baseman Mark Mager's infield single kept the rally rolling.

Lennon (1-1) gave the lead back in the bottom of the fourth, surrendering an RBI single to catcher Jason O'Reilly then a second home run to Aswad in the fifth, getting stuck with his first loss of the season.

Harvard rallied from a 9-4 deficit in the top of the seventh off Wayne, getting RBI singles from Mager and senior centerfielder Andrew Huling plus a sacrifice fly from senior catcher Jason Keck and had the go-ahead runs on board with two out for senior second baseman Peter Woodfork.

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Woodfork, who leads the team with a .419 batting average and 26 hits, worked a 2-2 count but bounced into a game-ending 6-4-3 double play, perfectly symbolic of Harvard's frustrations on the afternoon.

Harvard 9, Columbia 1

Scouts from the Philadelphia Phillies and the Seattle Mariners were on hand Saturday to catch a glimpse of Columbia's multi-talented Wayne. Turns out they should have trained their JUGS guns on Ben Crockett.

The righthander baffled the Lions with a seemingly effortless complete-game three-hitter, facing just three over the minimum and striking out five.

Crockett (1-1, 6.06 ERA) showed off a high-80s fastball with excellent location and good movement and also threw his curveball effectively for swinging strikes. He breezed through the game in just one hour and 45 minutes.

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