The Black Bears jumped out to a 5-1 lead, capitalizing on bookend home runs by freshman Matt Reynolds and sophomore Aaron Young. With Maine holding a 2-1 lead, Reynolds hit a two-out solo home run in the top of the fourth inning.

Pat Tobin followed Reynolds with a base-hit to center field, which set up Young's two-run 380-foot bomb to right-center.

Harvard answered with three runs of its own in the bottom half of the fourth inning. A Javy Lopez double began the scoring, driving in Marc Hordon and advancing Scot Hopps to third, who scored on Mark Mager's ground-out to shortstop. Freshman Trey Hendricks followed up with a pinch-hit line-drive down the right field line, knocking in Lopez and cutting Maine's lead to one.

The top of the sixth began with heavy rain and ended with Maine raining runs on the Crimson. T.J. Sevier, who replaced starter Madhu Satyanarayana, made two crucial throwing errors on sacrifice bunts, propelling Maine to an eight-run outburst.

Yet, according to the scorebook, the inning never existed. The game was cancelled in between the top and bottom halves of the sixth after a half-hour rain delay.

With an emphasis on improving the team's defense (Harvard made six errors against Rhode Island), the Crimson responded against Cornell in the weekend opener. Unfortunately, it was offense, rather than defense, that stood in the path of a Crimson victory. Though the first game of a double header usually lasts only seven innings, Harvard and Cornell decided to play nine.

Crimson junior Ben Crockett pitched a gem, going all nine innings and striking out seven in a losing effort. Harvard trailed 1-0 and was down to its final out in the bottom of the seventh inning when Hendricks delivered for Harvard again, driving in Lopez, who pinch ran for Hordon, on a base-hit between first and second base. The clutch single went for naught, unfortunately, after Erik Rico's triple put Cornell ahead in the ninth inning.