“I really think we need to just play our game,” Arledge added. “It’s more fun to win. The momentum that we have now with the bat will help us a lot. We’re getting hits, and that gives us great momentum. Hopefully, we’ll be able to go off of the confidence we’ve developed with the bat. We had a hitting coach come talk to us—Walt Hriniak—who really took our team’s mentality to the next level.”

BROWN 4, HARVARD 3

Though the two teams entered the ninth inning of Saturday’s nightcap tied, 3-3, a late Bears run pushed the second game of the series away from the Crimson.

Two runs in the seventh led Brown back from a 3-1 deficit to tie the game. Eventually, Brown pulled away from the Crimson with a ninth inning run on a Harvard error.

Though senior pitcher Max Perlman struck out six batters in 6.2 innings, Harvard was unable to recover to win the early matchup.

BROWN 2, HARVARD 0

Brown came out strong to start the four-game series. After holding the Crimson scoreless in the top of the first inning, Brown scored the game’s winning run in the bottom of the same frame.

After an assurance tally in the fourth, Brown relied on a three-hit shutout by Matt Kimball to secure the victory, as the Crimson was unable to capitalize on many opportunities on the day.

—Staff writer Catherine E. Coppinger can be reached at ccoppinger@college.harvard.edu.