Senior Dan Zailskas came in and pitched a perfect ninth inning to pick up the save and secure Harvard’s first Ivy win of the season.

Walsh was also pleased with his team’s effort against one of the league’s best pitchers, Princeton junior David Palms, who has given the Crimson trouble in the past with his low-to-mid-90’s fastball and slider.

“[Palms] is a pretty good pitcher, that’s for sure,” Walsh said. “He shut us down last year.”

PRINCETON 4, HARVARD 3 (12 INN.)

Tigers senior Noel Gonzales-Luna hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 12th inning, bringing home freshmen Alex Flink and John Mishu to capture the first game of the doubleheader for Princeton.

“It was kind of a bummer,” Suter said. “You’ve worked so hard, played so many innings, but they got the big hit.”

The Crimson took a 3-2 lead in the top of the 12th inning when junior captain Tyler Albright reached on a fielder’s choice, scoring sophomore Jeff Reynolds.

“After we scored a run, we felt pretty good about things,” Walsh said.

But the optimism didn’t last long. In the home half of the frame, Mishu singled and reached second on a sacrifice bunt, prompting Walsh to bring in freshman Joey Novak to close it out.

“It was a tough situation to bring a freshman in,” Walsh said.

Novak walked Flink and freshman Matt Bowman to load the bases before junior Dan Berardo surrendered the winning hit, a bouncing grounder between shortstop O’Hara and third baseman Reynolds.

“It took the air out of the balloon a little bit,” Walsh said.

The Tigers had taken a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning after consecutive run-scoring extra base hits by Mishu and junior Brandon Englert. Harvard responded immediately, evening the score at 2-2 in the top half of the fifth.

With men on second and third, Larrow grounded out to third, scoring a run. Junior Dillon O’Neill followed with a double to right-center, plating another.

Starter Connor Hulse went 4.2 innings for the Crimson, allowing two runs on four hits and striking out three. Sophomore Will Keuper pitched five no-hit innings in relief and struck out six.