ARMY 5, HARVARD 4

In the second game of Friday’s doubleheader, the Crimson led, 4-0, heading into the bottom of the seventh. But five straight Army runs that inning sealed a comeback win for the Black Knights, 5-4.

Harvard scored three runs on two hits in the fourth inning, beginning with a sacrifice fly from McGuiggan to drive home Reynolds. Freshman designated hitter Ethan Ferreira homered into left center later in the frame, knocking home Colton. Ferreira’s two hits and two RBI led the team in both categories.

Harvard stretched its lead to four in the top of the seventh, as McGuiggan scored on a pitching error. On his six innings on the mound. junior Joey Novak helped the Crimson hold the lead, shutting out the Black Knights while allowing just three hits.

But the Harvard pitching staff struggled in the seventh, giving up five runs on three hits in the inning to seal the loss.

ARMY 4, HARVARD 2

The Crimson started off slowly in the first contest of the weekend, as the Black Knights scored three runs in the first inning and eventually came away with the win, 4-2, on Friday afternoon.

Harvard got the game to within one run in the fifth, as Ferreira batted in McGuiggan and Bailey with a double to left center. But Army scored again in the bottom of that same inning, pushing its lead to two runs, a deficit from which the Crimson would not recover.

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