The Crimson scored a run in its next turn after junior third baseman Hal Carey singled and advanced to third on a steal and throwing error. Sophomore first baseman Jason Larocque grounded to short to score Carey.

Northeastern got two in the top of the third off Linden, but neither team scored again until the bottom of the seventh.

Carey started it again, as he led off with a double to left. He advanced on a flyout by senior designated hitter Brett Vankoski then scored on a wild pitch by Northeastern starter Peter Donoghue.

Sachem and Linden stepped up to keep Harvard in the game after a shaky beginning. Such clutch long relief performances are the kind of things that happen when things are going right for a team.

"We were a little worried because whenever your starter goes out in the first inning, you know you're playing catchup," Huling said. "But we knew there was a lot of game left.

"We have a bunch of good pitchers, and we knew someone was going to be able to shut them down."

Besides the great relief work, Harvard benefited from big days by its big guns. Huling, hitting .363 this year, had three hits, and Ralph (.403), Forst (.406), and Carey (.348) each went two-for-four.

The Crimson is now ready to make some postseason noise.

"We're real happy and ready to go," Huling said. "The bus for Princeton can't leave soon enough. We want to get down there, beat them, come home and write some more papers."

Notes

Harvard never got to play the Beanpot championship against UMass, scheduled for Monday after the first date was postponed because of bad weather. The minutemen were rained out in their series with St. Bonaventure this past weekend and had to make up those games instead on Monday. According to Harvard Sports Information, today's game at UMass will serve as the Beanpot final. HARVARD, 7-6 at Baseball Diamond R  H  E Northeast.  402  000  000  --  614  3 Harvard  210  000  121  --  7  1 1  2

NORTHEASTERN  AB  R  H  BI  B B  SO Guerrero cf  4  1  2  0  1  0 Korchin If  5  1  2  0  0  1 Pena 1b  4  1  1  1  1  1 Daley rf/p  4  0  1  2  0  0 Kim 2b  4  1  3  0  0  1 Keating 3b  4  1  2  0  0  1 Paolucci c  4  1  1  0  0  1 Lewis rf  0  0  0  0  0  0 Wysong ss  3  0  1  0  1  0 TOTALS  36  6  14  4  3  5

E Keating, Paolucci, Wysong, Carey, Wells. DP: Northeastern 1, Harvard 4. 2B Pena, Kim, Huling, Carey. HR: Ralph. SB Huling, Ralph, Carey. CS: Kim, Kessler.

HARVARD  AB  R  H  BI  BBSO Kessler If  4  0  1  0  1  0 Huling rf  4  2  3  0  1  0 Ralph cf  4  2  2  3  1  1 Keck c  3  0  0  1  0  0 Forst ss  4  0  2  1  0  0 Woodfork 2b  4  0  0  0  1  0 Carey 3b  4  2  2  0  0  0 Vankoski dh  4  0  0  0  0  0 Larocque 1b  2  0  0  1  0  0 Harris ph  1  0  0  0  0  0 Binkowski 1b  1  0  1  0  0  0 Madden pr  0  1  0  0  0  0 TOTALS  35  7  11  6  3  1

NORTHEASTERN  IP  H  R  ER  B B  SO Donoghue  7.1  9  6  5  2  1 Daley, L (1-1)  1.1  2  1  1  1  0 HARVARD  IP  H  R  ER  BB  SO Wells  0.2  5  4  3  1  1 Linden  4.1  7  2  2  2  1 Saken, W (1-0)  4.0  2  0  0  0  3

WP: Donoghue.