CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Yale baseball team dropped an Ivy League matchup to Harvard, 6-3, Friday afternoon on the road. With the win, Harvard improved to 2-16 overall with a 1-3 mark in conference play. Yale fell to 13-7 overall with an identical record in the Ivy League.
Top Performers
- Max Imhoff hit a solo shot in the fourth inning.
- Tommy Martin went 2-for-2 and reached base all four times at the plate.
Scoring Summary
- Bottom 3rd | Harvard scored first on a two-run home run by George Cooper. 2-0 HARVARD
- Top 4th | Yale responded with a homer of its own off the bat of Imhoff. 2-1 HARVARD
- Bottom 5th | The Crimson added a run on a sacrifice fly. 3-1 HARVARD
- Bottom 6th | Sawyer Feller recorded an RBI single to extend Harvard's lead. 4-1 HARVARD
- Top 7th | Jeff Pierantoni grounded into a fielder's choice to score a run for Yale. 4-2 HARVARD
- Bottom 7th | Harvard tallied two more runs, including a solo home run from Max Lane. 6-2 HARVARD
- Bottom 8th | Jake Williams drove in Kaiden Dossa to cut into the Harvard lead. 6-3 HARVARD
Game Notes
- Friday's game was the 401st matchup between Harvard and Yale. The Crimson lead the all-time series 208-192-1.
- Colton Shaw started on the mound for the Bulldogs. The senior tossed six innings, while allowing four earned runs and fanning seven. Ethan Lewis pitched the final two innings in relief of Shaw.
- Imhoff hit his second home run of the year.
- Williams recorded two hits, notching his fifth multi-hit game of the season. He leads the team with a .362 average.
- Jack Dauer went 0-for-3, snapping an impressive 12-game hitting streak.
Up Next
Yale will host Harvard in a doubleheader on Saturday, March 29 at 2 p.m. The games were originally scheduled to be held in Cambridge, but were moved because of impending weather. As a result, Harvard will bat as the home team in both games.