The Crimson added two more runs in the fifth on a two-run double by Mann.

The story, however, was Crockett. Last year, Crockett pitched a no-hitter against Dartmouth to end the regular season. This year, in his last regular season game, Crockett was almost as good. He dazzled from start to finish, shutting out the Big Green for eight innings and allowing only six hits, all singles.

“We had our ace on the hill and the team plays with a lot of confidence when he’s out there,” Walsh said. “We can afford to make an offensive mistake here and there when Ben’s pitching because he keeps us in every game. All we need to do when he’s out there is execute a few times and add a clutch hit or two.”

DARTMOUTH 25, HARVARD 1

In a record-setting performance, the Big Green scored the most runs ever by a Harvard opponent, shelling the Crimson’s pitching for 25 runs in only seven innings. Dartmouth scored in every inning, including seven runs in the third and nine more in the seventh. Harvard senior Justin Nyweide left the game after only 2.1 innings, allowing six hits and getting little help from his defense.

Dartmouth’s Shirrell put himself in the record books, hitting three home runs—two of which were grand slams—and driving in an Ivy League-record 14 runs.

The 14 RBI are the second most in NCAA history. Marshall McDougall holds the record, recording 16 for Florida State when he blasted six home runs in a game on May 9, 1999.

Shirell came up with the bases loaded four times in the game. After striking out in his first at-bat, he hit grand slams in his next two trips to the plate.

He nearly took Harvard junior pitcher Madhu Satyanarayana’s head off with an RBI single in his fourth at-bat, Shirell blasted a two-run home run to deep center-field in the sixth inning for his 11th RBI of the day. The sophomore, who won the Ivy League Rookie of the Year award last season, was hit by a pitch in his sixth trip to the plate with the bases loaded in the seventh.

Shirell had one more chance to add to his RBI total when the Big Green batted around in the inning and the sophomore delivered with two-out, two-run double to right-center.

“That’s certainly the best game I’ve ever played,” Shirell said. “But I have to give the credit to my teammates. They were on base when I came to the plate. That’s the only way you can get 14 RBI in a game, if your teammates get on. I was just in the right situations at the right times.”

The game was actually tied at 1-1 at the end of the first inning before Dartmouth scored 24 unanswered runs.

Dartmouth 4, Harvard 3