In the top of the eighth, Bridich proved an unlikely hero for a second time, as the Crimson put two unearned runs on the board for the eventual winning margin. Harvard used a dropped third strike and two walks to load the bases for Bridich with two outs, and the junior battled reliever John Dolan to a full count. He fouled off several 3-2 pitches before driving a hard ground ball at third base.

Clark committed the cardinal fielder's sin and let Bridich's grounder skip underneath his glove to score Mager and Portman.

"I had fouled off three or four, all fastballs, until I finally put one in play," Bridich said. "I peeked down at third as I was running and I saw it go through [Clark's] legs. I felt pretty relieved, but I was pissed that I hadn't gotten more of the ball. Still, I was happy to be part of the two runs that won the game."

Bridich also threw out Penn shortstop Glenn Ambrosius stealing as the potential winning run in the seventh and handled a one-two-three inning from senior righthander Andrew Duffell in the eighth. Duffell pitched two shutout innings, striking out two and walking two to improve to 2-1.

The late five-run surge salvaged a potentially scandalous affair, which the Crimson led 12-0 after its half of the second.

Mager and Keck did the early damage, with the former driving in four runs on a triple and a single and the latter knocking home a pair and scoring a pair on a double and a single.

Senior Garett Vail started and worked five innings, allowing nine base hits but only one earned run, taking a no-decision after a Quaker rally in the sixth produced 10 runs and a short-lived lead.

Miraculously, Penn batters cranked two two-out grand slams in the frame, the first by Russ Farscht off sophomore John Franey and the second by Gregorio off junior closer Mike Madden.