Cleanup man Danny Hughes then lined a three-RBI double to the left-center gap, giving the Bears the lead and chasing Bruton from the ball game. Brown scored twice more in the inning off of three straight hits—the first off reliever Curtis Miller, the second two off of senior Jason Brown—before a strikeout ended the inning.
Trailing 9-3 entering the seventh, the Crimson made it interesting. After Hendricks reached base on a fielder’s choice and Mann on single, Hordon came to the plate with two on and two out. He fell behind 0-2—the second strike coming on a vicious swing at a fastball high and out of the zone—before blasting a three-run homer to pull the score to 9-6. Herrmann popped up to end the game.
The Crimson plated three runs in the first inning, highlighted by a home run by Farkes—his ninth of the season—and two Brown errors.
—Staff writer Alex McPhillips can be reached at rmcphill@fas.harvard.edu.
—Staff writer Lande A. Spottswood can be reached at spottsw@fas.harvard.edu.
