“We did a good job of pitching and the defense behind us was doing pretty well,” Anderson said. “It was fundamental baseball, so it was good to finally be able to play up to our standards. We definitely did hit the ball better today and it was spread among everyone instead of just one or two guys swinging it.”

The Crimson first scored in the top of the third. Anderson led off with a single and was moved over to third before a two-out double from Kregel plated him for the first run of the game.

After scoring once in each of the next two innings, the final run of the day—and what would eventually prove to be the game-winner—came off a seventh-inning single from freshman catcher DJ Link.

All but one Harvard starter registered a hit on the day. Martin and senior infielder Rob Wineski paced the offense, each contributing three hits.

HOUSTON BAPTIST 12, HARVARD 6

In the first game of the series against the Huskies, the Crimson started off on the wrong foot.

Harvard surrendered 11 runs in the first four innings, and although the Crimson offense pushed some runs across the board later, it would not be enough as Houston Baptist claimed a 12-6 victory.

The top of the Harvard order came to life Friday night, as the first five hitters combined to post nine of the team’s 13 hits. Ferreira went three-for-five with a triple.

Despite finding itself in a big hole after four frames, the Crimson refused to quit and scored two runs on a pair of singles in the top of the fifth.

After pushing across one more off a Kregel double two innings later, Harvard scored three more runs in the ninth, highlighted by a Ferreira double that plated two.

“The trip is all about experience,” said sophomore third baseman Nick Saathoff. “We have a lot of young guys who haven’t had that much experience. So we’re trying to get as much experience as we can heading into the Ivy season.”

—Staff writer David Steinbach can be reached at samanthalin@college. Follow him on Twitter at @BigBach12.