Harvard was able to tie up the score in the fourth with an RBI double to right-center by Kregel.

“I think we came out ready to play in the first game,” Klug said. “I thought in the first couple innings we put a good effort out there.”

Klug produced one of just three hits for the Crimson. Offense was hard to come by for both teams as Dartmouth manage just five hits of its own.

MacDowell put the ball through to centerfield for a two-run RBI double in the fourth to put the Big Green up, 3-1. With three more opportunities on offense, Harvard wasn’t able to respond.

“We didn’t really execute when we needed to come back and answer in key situations,” Kregel said.

On the mound, senior Sam Dodge pitched all seven innings. In the 31 at-bats he faced, 60 percent of his pitches were strikes, including six strikeouts.

“Dodge was pitching well, and I thought we were playing pretty well behind him,” Klug said.

After closing out the Ivy League season against Dartmouth, Harvard’s regular season will finish with a Monday night game at Fenway Park against Boston College.

“We’re coming to the end of the season and we’re really just grinding our bats out, and just grinding plays out, one by one,” Kregel said. “Our team is just exhausted at this point, to the extent that we have to put pitchers in regular positions on the field.”

The Crimson dedicated its final home game to its seniors, but the true memorial was for former coach Joe Walsh, who died over the summer.

“He was such an inspiration to everybody, including myself, when he was here,” Kregel said. “It would be nice for everyone to remember him when we play.”