Harvard 10, Yale 1
Friday's doubleheader was billed as a showcase of two of the country's top pitching prospects, with Harvard junior Ben Crockett working in the first game and Yale junior Jon Steitz pitching the second.
As it turned out, though, two crafty lefties stole the show.
In the second game of Friday's twin-bill, Harvard sophomore Kenon Ronz made quick work of Yale, throwing a complete nine-inning game while surrendering just one run on three hits.
Meanwhile, for all the hubbub surrounding him entering the day, Steitz got hammered.
The Harvard bats-which mustered just one hit against Breslow in Friday's first game-roared back to life and had no trouble catching up to Steitz' renowned fastball. The Crimson pounded out thirteen hits in the game. That total was second only to the team's season-best 14 hit performance against Holy Cross last Wednesday.
Steitz was mercifully lifted in the seventh in favor of reliever Eric Naison-Phillips. The Crimson's biggest outburst came well before that point, though.
In the bottom of the second, singles by Lentz, Mager, Shakir, Carmack, and Carter highlighted a wild five-run inning. Two Yale errors did little to help Steitz' cause as the Crimson circled the basepaths like a merry-go-round.
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