"It's nice to see the bats come around," Carmack said. "You can't rely on your pitchers to throw three-hit shutouts every time out."

It was the second inning of the day in which Harvard scored six or more runs, and also the second time the Crimson rallied from a deficit.

Junior catcher Scot Hopps and tri-captain Jeff Bridich led off the seventh with singles before Carter drove them both home with a deep shot to left field.

Without missing a beat, junior outfielder Joe Llanes and sophomore shortstop Mark Mager added singles and then stole a pair of bases to put two runners in scoring position before Carmack's monster slam into the parking lot behind O'Donnell field.

"The wind may have helped some of the balls a bit this weekend," Binkowski said. "But that hit would've been a home run in any park."

Still without an out in the inning, freshman right-hander Brian McKitish came on to relieve fellow freshman right-hander Gabe Gambardella and retire the final three Crimson batters.

The damage had already been done, however, as Crimson senior right-hander Derek Lennon silenced the Lions' final roar.

With runners on the corners and one away in the top of the eighth, Lions senior outfielder Rich Ciancimino chopped an RBI single past tri-captain Erik Binkowski to start the comeback.