The Crimson jumped out to a one-run lead in the third, but Dartmouth responded with a three-run fourth inning to seize a lead that it would never give up.

Each team used only one pitcher, and both starters worked efficiently. Anderson surrendered four runs—just one earned—on six hits, but he did not receive enough offensive support to avoid the loss.

“We knew going into the game it was more of a pride thing,” Doyle said. “They had good starting pitching performances…. Finally we started to see the ball a little better; it took a little long but that’s probably the story of the year. We have the pitching sometimes and the hitting doesn’t come, and then it flip flops. But for us, it’s definitely just a learning point especially for next year going forward.”

Harvard got the scoring started in the third, when freshman outfielder Matt Sanders reached second base after the Dartmouth third baseman airmailed a throw over the first baseman’s head. After a strikeout, junior outfielder Carlton Bailey lined a pitch to left field to pick up the RBI.

But the Big Green bounced right back in the next frame, scoring three times on three hits. The Crimson made two errors in the inning, including a bobbled groundball in the infield that resulted in a run.

Dartmouth added an additional earned run in the top of the fifth to push the lead to 4-1. In the bottom of the sixth, Harvard got the run back on a double from sophomore outfielder Brandon Kregel in the left-center gap. But the Crimson could not tack on any more runs in the frame, and the team went down in order in the bottom of the seventh to seal the loss.

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