In the seventh, Crimson senior catcher Steve Dill scored on a balk by Terrier reliever Jacob Condra-Bogan and in the following inning, Harvard was able to tack on the decisive run when junior infielder Mitch Klug flied out to bring in freshman Connor Quinn.

Junior righty T.J. Laurisch gave up a double to Wofford’s Ramsay in the bottom half of the frame, but Anderson ended the threat and pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up the save. 

WOFFORD, 9, HARVARD, 2

The Crimson began its season Friday afternoon in Spartanburg, giving the ball to junior righty Sean Poppen. A five-run third inning for the Terriers broke open a game that was briefly tied at one.

In Wofford’s big inning, a hit by pitch and two singles loaded the bases with nobody out. Two errors, a sacrifice fly, and a balk gave the Terriers a 6-1 lead they would never relinquish. Wofford starter Matthew Milburn scattered seven hits, giving up one run in his six innings of work.

Harvard’s first four hitters went a combined 9-for-19 with three doubles, led by senior center fielder Mike Martin’s three-hit day, but the rest of the lineup could only muster two hits.

“We’re definitely going to be playing some good teams,” McGuiggan said. “If we can maintain some of the pitching we had this weekend but improve the offense, I think we’ll be in good shape moving forward.”

—Staff writer Stephen J. Gleason can be reached at sgleason@college.harvard.edu.