In the second, the lefty threw a big curve for a strike on a full count, inducing a groundout and spurring his confidence for the rest of the game.

“After that, I decided I could throw the curveball for a strike, so it just ended up working much better,” Ronz said.

Settling down, Ronz only gave up two hits over the next six innings and didn’t concede a run after the second in recording the win, his first of the season.

“It felt good to be able to have three pitches to throw for strikes,” Ronz said. “They can’t just sit on the fastball. You can make them guess a little and you can fool them with different pitches, not just different locations. It makes things a little easier.”

Ronz’ performance also intiated a significant reduction in the number of free passes given up by the Crimson staff.

Harvard had four walks and didn’t hit anyone on Sunday after walking seven Lions and hitting five on Saturday.

“By and large [Saturday] we hit too many people and we walked too many people, so we gave too many opportunities to them,” Morgalis said.

The Crimson manufactured a run in the first as freshman second baseman Zak Farkes was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a passed ball, took third on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Hendricks.

In the second, Harvard retook a one-run lead. Freshman third baseman Josh Klimkiewicz led off with a homer before the Crimson returned to small ball. Freshman leftfielder Chris Mackey drew a walk and was moved over to second on junior centerfielder Bryan Hale’s groundout.

“Chris Mackey always does the right baseball play,” Ronz said. “A lot of his at bats are situational.”

Freshman rightfielder Lance Salsgiver singled, with Mackey moving to third and then scoring as the opportunistic Farkes reached on an error. Senior catcher Brian Lentz flew out, moving the runners up 90 feet, and Salsgiver scored on a passed ball.

Harvard blew the game open in the third, breaking a 4-4 tie with two home runs—a leadoff solo shot by sophomore catcher Schuyler Mann and Hale’s second bomb of the weekend. The Crimson then loaded the bases again on a Salsgiver double, two walks (one intentional) and two stolen bases, but Hendricks struck out swinging and Mann grounded out to end the threat.

Penn 6, Harvard 4

The Crimson had nine hits in the second game against Penn (14-10, 6-2), but only one—Hale’s leadoff jack in the fifth—went for extra bases, forcing Harvard to turn to the running game for its offense. Crimson baserunners stole three bases on the day and were caught stealing twice more.

Harvard staked Hendricks to a 2-0 first-inning lead on two singles, a double steal, a fielder’s choice, an error and two RBI groundouts.