Hale is the biggest such culprit. Batting just .143 on the season, he’s gone 2 for his last 17. Oddly, both those hits were homers.
In Hale’s place yesterday, freshman Lance Salsgiver was moved to center and freshman Frank Hermann played right. Hale entered as a defensive substitution in the sixth inning and was back in the starting lineup in Game Two, but went 0-for-2 with a walk. …
Sophomore shortstop Ian Wallace executed the Crimson’s only successful bunt of the weekend in yesterday’s second game. After failing in his first two tries, he laid one down with two strikes to advance pinch runner Morgan Brown to second with one out. Harvard failed to plate the run. …
Freshman Javier Castellanos will make his starting debut in today’s afternoon game against Boston College.
—Staff writer Brian E. Fallon can be reached at bfallon@fas.harvard.edu.