“We did a few things we obviously need to improve on,” co-captain Robert Wineski said. “[But] we still came out with a win.”

That seventh inning was the fifth in which both teams scored during the contest.

The Crimson jumped out to a 2-0 advantage in the top of the first on RBI singles by sophomore Tanner Anderson and Wineski. In the bottom of the frame, Brown got one back on a Massey sacrifice fly.

Both teams scored once in the third, as Anderson crossed the plate on a wild pitch and Cody Slaughter had an RBI single to make it 3-2.

In the fourth, Harvard put seven runs on the board. Before the Bears’ Anthony Galan could record an out, a Jeff Hadjin double, Mike Martin single, Mitch Klug double, Kregel single, and Anderson single had plated three. After Saathoff grounded out, back-to-back hits by Wineski and freshman D.J. Link put the Crimson ahead, 8-2, and Harvard scored two more runs before the inning was up on a Hadjin infield hit and a Martin single to center.

“We had the momentum going into the inning, and one thing that we learned this year is to just keep the momentum when we have it,” Kregel said. “A lot of times you score like three runs in an inning and people become complacent, and I think in [the seventh] inning people just kept on wanting more, and that was pretty huge.”

A Levine RBI single in the bottom of the fourth and a Saathoff RBI double in the top of the fifth made it 11-3 before the Bears scored three more on a Massey two-run home run and Franco RBI single.

Saathoff homered for the second time this year in the top of the seventh to put the Crimson up six heading into the final frame.

Kregel, Anderson, and sophomore Mike Martin all finished with three hits for Harvard, while junior Sam Dodge earned the win despite allowing six runs in five innings.

“Dodge threw very well,” Kregel said. “It all just comes down to everyone trusting each other.”

—Staff writer Scott A. Sherman can be reached at ssherman13@college.harvard.edu.