"I was pretty surprised," Lentz said. "I thought he would have made it in."

Tri-captain Erik Binkowski eventually struck out, stranding all three Crimson runners.

Harvard stole another run in the sixth after Henry worked himself into a jam, opening the bottom half of the inning with consecutive walks to sophomore Nick Carter and junior Joe Llanes. Both walks were on four pitches.

With one out, Bridich singled to left field, bringing Carter home, and the Crimson had a 2-1 lead.

A four-run home eighth inning secured the win. Pena bobbled a Llanes line drive, allowing him to reach first to open the inning. Carmack got on base after a Henry offering hit his ankle, and San Salvador's single loaded the bases with no outs. After Bridich struck out, Llanes scored on a pitch that squirted through catcher Luke Carlin's mitt and ended up several yards behind him. Mager's second double brought two runs home, and Henry was done for the day.

At that point, Northeastern decided to hand the ball over to backup catcher Dan Connolly. The backstop made his first career appearance on the other side of the plate, and promptly gave up an RBI bloop single to Shakir. Lentz' sacrifice fly later in the inning accounted for the final margin.

Harvard got four solid innings out of its bullpen. Freshman Madhu Saty (2-0) pitched the bottom of the sixth and worked his way through the heart of the Northeastern order. Freshman Ryan Tsujikawa struggled with his control, but settled down to retire the Huskies in the seventh. Senior Mike Madden retired the side in the eighth, and Derek Lennon struck out two in the ninth and final inning.

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