The complete game was the seventh of the season for Johnson, who gave the Harvard hitters fits despite working with a limited arsenal of pitches.

"We got shut down by a two-pitch pitcher," Walsh said.

Johnson's effort overshadowed yet another fine outing by Harvard ace John Birtwell (2-3), who struck out seven while walking only one in nine innings.

The junior righthander actually allowed fewer hits than Johnson, but two of those hits were triples surrendered with less than two outs. On both of those occasions, the Bears were able to push across the run, providing Johnson with all the offense he would need.

"Birtwell pitched one heck of a ballgame," Walsh said. "When you've got your number one pitcher going, you've got to win those games."

The Crimson, however, struggled to provide Birtwell with any run support. After Harvard senior first baseman Erik Binkowski smacked an RBI single in the bottom of the second, the Crimson failed to put any additional runs on the board.

Harvard's best scoring chance after the second inning came in the bottom of the sixth when sophomore shortstop Mark Mager reached on a single up the middle and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by junior center fielder Scott Carmack.

After junior first baseman John Franey flied out to left field for the second out of the inning, sophomore catcher Brian Lentz hammered a deep drive to deep right field that appeared destined for the wall.