But the Quakers made a pitching change and the next three Harvard batters failed to reach base, with two going down on strikes.

“They played well,” Anderson said. “They went ahead early, and we did a pretty decent job later in the game coming back. We had a bunch of momentum in the last inning; unfortunately it didn’t go our way.”

Sophomore pitcher Dan Gautieri picked up his fourth win of the year, holding the Crimson to one run—zero earned—in his six complete innings.

Anderson (0-3), who allowed four runs in five innings, took the loss for Harvard.

Penn put up a tally in the first when leadoff hitter Connor Betbeze walked and made his way to third on a steal and a wild pitch before a single scored him.

The score remained 1-0 until a three-run fifth inning put Penn firmly in the lead. A two-RBI single from Betbeze began the scoring, and he was brought home on the very next at-bat by another single from freshman Mike Vilardo that pushed the score to 4-0.

Harvard had a number of chances to put some runs on the board throughout the game. The Crimson loaded the bases with one out in the top of the first but came away with nothing.

The team stranded runners on second and third in the sixth, one inning before the last-effort rally in the seventh fell short.

“We just got behind, and we couldn’t really knock anybody in,” Kregel said. “We didn’t execute when runners were in scoring position. We just can’t get runners in that are already in scoring position, and that’s a reoccurring issue at this point.”

UPDATE: After resuming play Monday at noon, the Crimson (4-18, 1-3 Ivy) scored three in the top of the ninth, to win 6-3. After a scoreless eighth, Kregel singled to load the bases and the next batter, sophomore Nick Saathof, was walked, bringing home the game-winning run. Tanner Anderson was hit by a pitch, bringing home another insurance run and Bailey forced a fielder's choice to give Harvard a three-run lead. Penn managed one hit in the bottom of the ninth, but was kept scoreless, giving the visiting Crimson the first win of the Ivy League season.

—Staff writer David Steinbach can be reached at dsteinbach@college.harvard.edu.