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Baseball Drops Beanpot Opener to Northeastern, Squanders Lead to Brown

Solid pitching, strong offense falls apart in ninth

In two games yesterday, the Harvard baseball team twice rallied back from early deficits, only to lose both contests upon giving the lead back up in the late innings.

In a game that was originally scheduled for last Friday but was postponed due to rain, Brown scored five runs in the top of the ninth to upend Harvard 6-3 at O'Donnell Field.

Earlier in the afternoon, the Crimson (15-18, 8-5 Ivy) lost 7-5 to Northeastern in the Beanpot Semifinal at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, R.I.

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Harvard will next play in the Beanpot consolation game against Boston College, who lost its own semifinal game yesterday to UMass, 4-1.

The contest is scheduled for 11 a.m. today at Fenway Park.

BROWN 6, HARVARD 3

Just two outs away from nailing down a 3-2 victory, Harvard senior reliever Derek Lennon made a costly throwing error with the bases full that allowed two runs to score and lifted Brown to a 6-3 victory yesterday.

With the loss, Harvard was handed its third straight defeat and fell five and a half games back of Dartmouth for first place in the Red Rolfe Division standings.

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