“The funny thing about that is…[we started] the same pitchers that were pitching when the rain came,” Martin said. “We really picked up right where we left off.”

The game was scheduled as a seven-inning matchup, leaving only three innings of regulation left to play.

The teams would exchange blows in the sixth and seventh innings. The Crimson got the first word when senior designated hitter Carlton Bailey roped a double into the left field gap and found himself in scoring position with no outs.

After Larrow moved Bailey to third base with a sacrifice bunt, Martin finished the job by driving him home on a base-hit single.

“We came in facing one of the better Ivy League pitchers,” Martin said. “I was lucky enough that he gave me a fastball that I kept my hands inside and hit right back up the middle.”

Martin did not stop there, as he used his legs to steal two bases in a row and put himself on third base with one out. He would then tag up on a foul-ball out by Ferreira, crossing the plate and putting Harvard ahead, 3-1.

But Princeton fired back in the seventh inning when Alec Keller struck for two RBIs on a homer. The blast left each team with three runs and sent the game into extra innings.

In this back-and-forth match, it would be the Crimson that got the last word. In the top of the ninth, junior left fielder Jack Colton worked his way around the bases after slapping a single to left. He eventually scored the go-ahead run on a fielding error with Princeton's Chris Bodurian in his second inning of work.

The Tigers were then shut down the rest of the way by Harvard senior right-hander Sam Dodge to cement a 4-3 victory for the Crimson in extra innings.

“Our bats came alive in the [five] innings that we played,” Ferreira said. “The game was definitely a little strange, but I think we responded very well as a team.”