Sophomore Marcus Way had another strong weekend at the plate, making the most of his designated hitter role with four RBI against Penn on Saturday. Way finished the doubleheader 5-for-7 overall, including a home run in the first contest.

Someone turned on the power at O’Donnell Field.

The Harvard baseball team’s bats came alive in a two-game sweep of Gehrig Division leader Penn (12-13, 3-3 Ivy) at home on Saturday.

The Crimson scored 22 runs in its two victories—its highest scoring two-game series of the season.

“It’s huge for us [to take this sweep],” said junior captain and catcher Tyler Albright.

Harvard batters hit .421 on the day, and sophomores Marcus Way and Jeff Reynolds each homered to lead the Crimson in the sweep.

Strong winds blowing out to right field benefited left-handed hitters, and it seemed that every ball lifted to right found its way into the bushes beyond the fence.

“With that wind blowing, I wish I had seven other lefties in the lineup,” Harvard coach Joe Walsh said.

“We had a lot of long-pitch at bats, saw a lot of pitches, got a lot of guys on, and had big innings,” Albright said.

HARVARD 12, PENN 9

The Crimson scored six runs in the fifth inning and took advantage of another strong pitching performance from junior Eric Eadington to win the second game of the doubleheader and finish the one-day sweep of the Quakers.

Down 1-0 after the first inning and puzzled by junior Paul Cusick’s curveball, the Crimson managed three runs in the fourth to take a 3-1 lead.

In the fifth, following Way’s RBI double, Cusick walked junior Sam Franklin and senior Dan Zailskas with the bases loaded, adding two more runs. Brent Suter made the two free passes hurt with an RBI single through the right side, scoring Franklin and Albright. With the hit-and-run on, freshman Kyle Larrow then grounded out to the pitcher, giving Zailskas time to score the sixth run of the inning before junior Dillon O’Neill struck out looking to end the frame.

“They helped us a little with the base on balls, but we did have some clutch hits that inning,” Walsh said. “Anytime you’re going to hang up a big inning, you have to get some big hits in there.”

Penn opened up its half of the sixth with back-to-back solo homers by junior Dan Williams and senior William Gordon, but Eadington quickly settled in and recorded three quick outs. The junior came back strong in the seventh, striking out the side on 10 pitches. Eadington earned his third win of the season, giving up four runs in seven innings while striking out 10.

The Harvard pitcher also made two highlight-reel plays in the second inning, catching a hard-hit one-hopper off the bat of junior Will Davis. On the next play, Quaker senior Steve Grable hit a pitch hard up the middle to Eadington, who calmly knocked down the line drive and threw Grable out at first.