Junior shortstop Sean O’Hara showed discipline at the plate yesterday, drawing three walks in two games against Brown. O’Hara also belted a triple to center field in game one.

Had the Harvard baseball team managed to take home at least one weekend victory, it would have given itself a shot at tying Brown for first place in the Rolfe Divison. But yesterday was a day for the status quo, as the Bears (11-20, 8-2 Ivy League) took both games, 7-1 and 10-3, in the first of two doubleheaders at O’Donnell Field. The next slate of games will take place today.

“Obviously, we didn’t play well enough to win either game,” Crimson coach Joe Walsh said.

BROWN 7, HARVARD 1

The team with the Ivy’s worst ERA didn’t look so bad against the Crimson (11-20, 4-6), shutting out the hosts until the penultimate inning.

“Pitching-wise, I thought we did very well,” Bears coach Marek Drabinski said. “I thought our second starter, Will Weidig, pitched very well.”

Weidig silenced Harvard batters early, allowing only one hit—a Jeff Reynolds single—in the first four innings.

Though the senior registered just one strikeout in that span, his teammates were able to catch or throw out any potential threat.

“I thought our first baseman [Cody Slaughter] was spectacular with the plays he made,” Drabinski said.

A walk for sophomore Marcus Way in the second inning marked the only other time a Harvard player reached base in those first four.

“In tough conditions they played well defensively,” Walsh said. “Usually the weather can be a factor, but it wasn’t for them. I was impressed by their defense.”

Harvard’s futile at-bats allowed Weidig to outduel sophomore Conner Hulse, who allowed four runs—three earned—in 6.1 innings on the mound.

“Conner went out there and battled all day,” Walsh said. “We haven’t scored too many runs for him...which is disappointing.”

But thanks to Hulse’s pitching and the Crimson defense’s solid, if not spectacular, performance, Harvard found itself down by only three runs in the sixth inning. With junior shortstop Sean O’Hara on base and Albright at the plate with two outs, the Crimson seemed to have a chance to change its fate.

Perhaps looking to take fate into his own hands, O’Hara, who had just walked for his third time of the day, went for the steal. But when the Bears were able to make the play, Albright was left at home plate, where he would soon reappear in catcher’s gear.

One inning and two runs later, the junior captain got another chance on offense.