Sophomore right-hander Chaney Sheffield's second start of the year was a quality one for the Crimson. In his five innings of work, he allowed the Huskies' sole run on two hits and struck out three. Sheffield also picked off two base-runners at first, but he also walked four batters.

"I felt good out there," Sheffield said. "I was wild at points, but hey, maybe it helped because they didn't know what to expect."

For a while, the Crimson looked a bit lost at the plate as well. Harvard's hitters were unable to solve Henry, who entered the game with a 7.11 ERA in six appearances.

The Crimson seemed poised to break the shutout in the third when sophomore designated hitter Josh San Salvador, who was 3-for-4 on the day, hit a leadoff double. Mager successfully sacrificed San Salvador over to third base, but Henry fanned sophomore second baseman Faiz Shakir and Brian Lentz grounded out to second base to leave San Salvador stranded at third.

Meanwhile, the Huskies managed to put a run on the board when shortstop Omar Pena whacked a double into right field, plating left fielder Ben Beck from first. Harvard was down 1-0, and would remain behind until the fifth inning.

In the fifth, consecutive singles to left from San Salvador and tri-captain Jeff Bridich gave the Crimson two men on with nobody out. This set up the first of Mager's two doubles on the afternoon, which scored San Salvador and sent Bridich to third.

A bizarre sequence prevented the Crimson from doing further damage. After Shakir popped up to short, Lentz came to bat with runners on second and third. Midway through Henry's delivery, Bridich began to sprint for home. The pitch ended up hitting Lentz in the shoulder, loading the bases with one out but sending Bridich back to third. It appeared as if Bridich would have been safe had the pitch not hit Lentz.