Sophomore Marc Hordon, Harvard’s leading hitter, was out with a broken hand, while outfielders Chaney Sheffield and Andrew Brunswick were also injured.

Holy Cross jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning .

Sophomore Jason Brown (0-2) gave up consecutive base hits to right fielder John Rauss and third baseman John Powers to open the game.

Second baseman Peter Summa then singled up the middle to drive in Rauss.

The Crimson used four pitchers despite allowing only one earned run and three hits in three innings of work.

The Crusaders’ second run came in the seventh inning. Designated hitter Drew Bigda singled off of Crimson reliever Rob Wheeler, and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Andreskevich.

Bigda then scored on a base hit by first baseman Eric Tapper.

It was the the fifth time in six games that the Harvard pitching staff had allowed two earned runs or less.

“The two things that have been constantly great for us are our pitching and defense,” Mager said. “We got out of a couple of jams today [because of it].’

The Crimson will play its first home games this weekend when it hosts league foes Penn and Columbia in double headers on Saturday and Sunday. The first game will begin at noon each day.