One up and one down.

It’s been a consistent theme for the Harvard baseball team throughout its conference season, and that trend continued in Providence Saturday afternoon when the Crimson split its sixth consecutive Ivy doubleheader.

Harvard (10-26, 7-9 Ivy) recorded 18 hits in a 12-10 win over Brown (5-28, 3-13), but it could not find the same success at the plate in game two when a nine-run Bears first inning doomed the Crimson to a 14-2 loss.

BROWN 14, HARVARD 2

Brown jumped on Harvard starter Sean Poppen early as the rookie struggled with his control.

After walking leadoff hitter Jake Levine, Poppen surrendered singles to Tim McKeithan and Will Marcal and a double to Dan Massey to fall behind 2-0. A passed ball gave Brown another run, and following a strikeout, Wes Van Boom recorded an RBI single up the middle and Dan Kerr homered to left to make it 6-0 Bears.

After a strikeout of J.J. Franco, Poppen gave up three more runs as John Sheridan singled, Levine walked, McKeithan singled, and Marcal doubled to left.

The freshman starter lasted just one more inning, in which he gave up a Franco RBI single, and saw his ERA balloon to 6.10 on the year.

Against reliever Shaun Rubin, the Bears continued pouring it on with a Franco sacrifice fly in the fourth and a Van Boom three-run homer in the seventh to finish with 14 runs; coming into the day, its previous season-high had been six.

On the mound, Brown starter Dave St. Lawrence threw eight strong innings to earn his first win of the season. The lone Crimson runs came on a Sean O’Neill homer to right-center in the fifth—his first dinger of the year—and a Nick Saathoff RBI single to center in the eighth.

“Brown was the first team to score, so they had a lot of momentum,” sophomore Brandon Kregel said. “Especially with them getting nine runs in the bottom of the first—that’s really hard to battle back against.”

HARVARD 12, BROWN 10

In a high-scoring affair, Harvard put together a seven-run fourth and survived a last-gasp Brown rally to earn the victory.

Harvard went into the bottom of the seventh—the final inning—leading 12-6. Van Boom led off with a double and Kerr walked against Harvard co-captain Jordan Haviland. Following a fielder’s choice, an RBI single, a two-run triple, and a sacrifice fly, the Bears were within two at 12-10.

But after a Marcal single to right brought the tying run to the plate, Haviland struck out Massey to shut the door.