Smart base running by Hajdin broke the tie with the help of Northeastern’s error-riddled seventh inning performance.

Despite striking out, Hajdin reached first base after a throwing error by the catcher, who fumbled with the ball in the dirt. In Hajdin’s attempt to steal second, the catcher threw the ball away again, allowing the freshman to reach third.

The pitcher, continuing the string of errors, threw the ball away in a failed attempt at a pickoff, allowing Hajdin to come home.

In the eighth inning, Harvard turned to junior lefty Will Keuper to close out the game.

But the Crimson wouldn’t hold the lead for long, and Alan Pastyrnak drove in the game-tying run on a single to left-center.

Throughout the game, including the crucial bottom of the eighth, Harvard left a few men on who could have proven to be the difference in the ball game.

“We’re getting hits in spots with one or two here or there,” McGuiggan said. “We need to have more complete innings with hits [and] walks, and continue to move runners to plate more runs.”

Although Northeastern would take the lead and ultimately the game with a sacrifice fly in the ninth, its numerous errors could have cost it the victory.

“They had five errors and we had none in the field,” McGuiggan said. “So it’s always hard to swallow that type of loss.”