Princeton 5, Harvard 2

Ronz (3-3) had matched Princeton’s Ryan Quillian (6-4) pitch for pitch through five innings, but got into early trouble in the sixth when he gave up a leadoff single to third baseman Jon Miller and a walk to Eldridge. Two batters later, Salini singled solidly to give the Tigers the lead.

What good Princeton hitting had started, poor infielding made worse. With runners on second and third, Tigers designated hitter Ryan Reich hit a hard grounder to third base that Klimkiewicz failed to scoop up. Klimkiewicz recovered and tried to salvage the out at first, but his off-balance throw scooted past Dukovich’s outstretched glove and into no-man’s land. A run scored on the play and Princeton had second and third with one out.

Both runs would come home when Fitzgerald hit a screaming line drive to center past Hale, who made a valiant effort at the catch but tripped when the ball fell just past him. Fitzgerald pulled in with a triple, and Princeton led 5-1.

With Pauly coming into the game with two men on in the next inning, that was more than Princeton would need. Pauly got Farkes to ground out to second to end the seventh and, after allowing a rare run in the eighth on a Mann RBI single up the middle, closed out the game for his sixth save.

Mann drove in the Crimson’s only other run in the sixth on a double to right field that scored Farkes. Farkes had doubled to open the inning, and a Salsgiver groundout pushed him to third with one out. But Lentz lined Quillian’s next pitch right into the shortstop’s glove, limiting the amount of damage Harvard could do before Princeton’s big inning.

Ronz was pulled in favor of Madhu Satyanarayana with one out in the eighth after Reich hit a one-out double all the way to the center field wall.

“I don’t want to make any excuses,” Ronz said when asked about possible fatigue. “I pitched well enough to get people out.”

Satyanarayana gave up one hit but no further runs were scored.

—Staff writer Martin S. Bell can be reached at msbell@fas.harvard.edu.