It was otherwise a rough weekend for Carey, whowas a Second Team All-Ivy selection last year andbatted .374 but was just 4-for-17 on the weekend.He is currently hitting .224.

"It's been frustrating for most of the season,"Carey said. I feel like I hit the ball well today,but I've really got nothing to show for it."

Harvard 6, Penn 0

The Harvard coaching staff has consistentlypointed to a deep pitching staff as the club'sgreatest strength.

But performances like John Birtwell's inFriday's nightcap makes you wonder if all of thosearms really necessary.

The sophomore righthander made a smooth-as-silkchangeup work with his two-seam and four-seamfastballs, and fashioned a four-hit, 12-strikeoutshutout for his first win of the season.

"I felt like today was a good day because Ithrew three pitches for strikes," Birtwell said."I was glad I was able to pick the team up becausewe haven't been playing like ourselves lately."

Birtwell worked through the Penn order with theimpatience of a man who had to wait out a marathonthree-hour, 30-minute opener before getting on thebump.

He retired 21 of the 26 batters he faced andnever faced more than four men in one inning. Healso struck out each member of the Quaker lineupat least once.

"Birtwell's going to be a key to our season,definitely," Walsh said. "I was happy about hisapproach, his quickness and his ability to throwthree pitches, especially his changeup, forstrikes."

In fact, the only thing Birtwell did wrong onthe afternoon was dropping Erik Binkowski's flipfrom the infield side of first base afterBinkowski made a diving stop on James Mullen inthe sixth.

"I felt bad about that because Bink made such agreat play and played such great defense allafternoon," Birtwell said.

The Crimson jumped on Penn starter Mike Matternearly, staking a 4-0 lead through three. Hulingmade it 1-0 in the first when he stole third onthe front end of a double steal then cruised homewhen third baseman Will Clark bobbled catcher JeffGregorio's throw into leftfield.

Keck plated Carey with a sacrifice fly in thethird, and Larocque drove in Mager and Huling witha mammoth two-run double to right in the nextat-bat.

"We were doing things Coach mentions all thetime, making adjustments," Larocque said."[Mattern] had been starting everybody off withfastballs, so I was gearing up for one on thefirst pitch and I got it."