“At that point we were down quite a bit, but [the homer] definitely jolted us back into the game,” Wineski said. “Obviously we were all pumped to see Jeff get that home run—especially with him being a senior and everything.”

But Dartmouth’s early advantage proved to be too much to overcome, and the Big Green took the game, 12-3.

DARTMOUTH 11, HARVARD 3

In the day’s opener, the Crimson struggled with mistakes, particularly in the second inning in which the Big Green racked up four runs resulting from two hit batsmen and a balk called on Suter.

After keeping the Big Green off the scoreboard for three straight innnigs, Suter allowed Dartmouth to load the bases in the top of the sixth. Sophomore Baron Davis came on relief, but the Crimson was unable to get out of the jam. Before the end of the inning, the Big Green put up seven runs,

“There were a couple infield hits just where we couldn’t get guys out,” Sutter said. “I came back and responded, put up some zeroes. But in [the sixth] I had a couple good battles and walks, and then I just had a mistake and the inning kind of blew up after I left. It was disappointing and really emotional for me and my catcher. It’s a team game, but it’s hard not to put the blame on myself.”

In the sixth frame, Harvard’s hitters tallied five singles, one walk, and all three of its runs.

But the Crimson left three more runners on base, eventually totaling 10 runners stranded over the course of the game. The Big Green went on to win, 11-3.

“We got down early, and against a team like Dartmouth, it’s really hard to come back from down seven or eight runs,” Wineski said. “We battle back…and we just needed those few big hits in those situations, and we just didn’t end up coming through.”

—Staff writer Madeleine Smith can be reached at smith21@college.harvard.edu.