Junior pitcher Zack Olson earned his fourth save of the season, recording two strikeouts in the top of a scoreless ninth.

Overall, Walsh was satisfied with his team’s play on Friday.

“When I’m able to mention a bunch of guys, then it’s a good team effort,” Walsh said. “We needed the two wins to stay alive in the Ivy League.”

HARVARD 7, BROWN 4 (7 inn.)

A three-run sixth broke a 4-4 tie and gave the Crimson its first victory of the day over Brown, 7-4.

Harvard struck in the first inning on sophomore shortstop Jake McGuiggan’s home run over the left field wall.

But the Bears scored four runs in two innings to take a 4-1 lead at the end of the third.

In the rally, senior infielder Graham Tyler singled to score Marcal. Tyler came home two at-bats later on sophomore outfielder Matt DeRenzi’s ground out, and junior infielder Cody Slaughter’s two-run homer to left-center capped Brown’s scoring run.

The Crimson overcame Brown’s four-run rally with six unanswered runs starting in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Sophomore outfielder Jack Colton’s single to left field scored McGuiggan, and freshman Ethan Ferreira drove sophomore Stephen Dill home from second.

Bears pitchers Anthony Galan and Taylor Wright walked a combined three batters in the bottom of the sixth inning before allowing three runs, as Reynolds hit a two-run double to right field and Dill was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

The Harvard defense, which committed only one error in game one, combined with a strong pitching effort to allow just one runner on base after Franco’s single down the right-field line in the top of the fifth inning.

Franco was picked off during the next at-bat, when senior pitcher Brent Suter fired the ball to first base and left the runner stranded between first and second.

Suter finished a complete game and improved his record to 2-5 on the season. The lefty allowed just six hits and struck out four of the 27 batters he faced in the contest.