Carey scored twice more, off a wild pitch inthe fifth and off Huling's RBI single in theseventh, for the 6-0 final.

The Crimson's top three in the order--Carey,Mager and Huling--scored all six runs and reachedbase safely in eight of 12 plate appearances.

Harvard 18, Penn 16

It's typically a good sign when pinch runnersaren't asked to do anything but run.

Luckily for the Crimson, Jeff Bridich managedto catch, throw and hit at the same time.

The junior backup catcher, who didn't enterHarvard's wild-beyond-words 18-16 win until hepinch-ran for Keck in the top of the seventh,figured in three bang-bang plays in the lateinnings, helping Harvard avoid the embarrassmentof blowing a 12-run lead to snatch a win inFriday's opener.

Trailing 16-13, the Crimson loaded the baseswith one out in the top of the seventh when Hulingsingled, freshman shortstop Nick Carter reached onClark's and Keck walked. Bridich trotted in toreplace Keck, who represented the tying run, andwhen Larocque pounded a double to theright-centerfield gap, Walsh had no qualms aboutwaving him home.

An off-line throw from the outfield broughtQuakers catcher Jeff Gregorio up the third-baseside of the plate, and Bridich, who arrived justbefore the ball, bumped Gregorio's glove on theway in, fouling up the tag at the plate to crashin with the tying run.

"At first I thought I would have to hold up,but Coach was waving all three of us in," Bridichsaid. "I knew I wasn't going to be able to runinto [Gregorio], so I just tried to look for hismitt and hit it."

The game-tying hit was the culmination of anextremely solid opener for Larocque, who was2-for-5 with four RBI and two runs scored. Thejunior--who wasn't a regular at designated hitteruntil the Crimson's spring training trip--uppedhis batting average to .282 and finished theweekend with 16 RBI, good for third on the team.

"With the bases loaded and one out, all Iwanted to do was put the ball in the outfield,"Larocque said. "[Quaker reliever John Dolan] lefta pitch up and I gave it a good shot. At least itwas good enough to get all of the runs in."

In the top of the eighth, Bridich proved anunlikely hero for a second time, as the Crimsonput two unearned runs on the board for theeventual winning margin. Harvard used a droppedthird strike and two walks to load the bases forBridich with two outs, and the junior battledreliever John Dolan to a full count. He fouled offseveral 3-2 pitches before driving a hard groundball at third base.

Clark committed the cardinal fielder's sin andlet Bridich's grounder skip underneath his gloveto score Mager and Portman.

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

Bridich also threw out Penn shortstop GlennAmbrosius stealing as the potential winning run inthe seventh and handled a one-two-three inningfrom senior righthander Andrew Duffell in theeighth. Duffell pitched two shutout innings,striking out two and walking two to improve to2-1.