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...expression “Good things come to those who wait” doesn’t usually apply to baseball. But with sophomore Brent Suter keeping the Bulldog batters in check, the Crimson had time to get its offense going and gradually build an imposing lead over the course of the game...
...Harvard’s hitters helped Suter out too. Before the second-year hurler even hit the mound in the bottom of the first, the Crimson had mounted a one-run lead thanks to the bat and speed of junior Sam Franklin. Shortly after junior Dillon O’Neill had been picked off, Franklin hit a deep ball down the right field line for what looked to be a triple. But a throwing error by Yale’s rightfielder allowed Franklin to reach home plate for the first run of the game...
...Crimson kept on rolling until the seventh inning, when the Bulldogs were able to put together a late-game rally, scoring three runs in the bottom of the seventh to cut in half a six-run lead. But Harvard still managed finish off the game with a convincing three-run win, one that would prove a stark contrast from the next game...
...defense put up one touchdown to the offense’s three, with its score coming on a fumble recovery in the endzone. Sophomore Dan Minamide ended the game with a goal-line interception, while freshman D.J. Monroe and junior Anthony Spadafino shared the team lead in tackles with six apiece...
...Crimson had a comfortable lead coming through the 1,000-meter mark with about a length over the Midshipmen. Navy clung to that margin through the second thousand of the course. Harvard stuck to its race plan, though, and outpaced the Midshipmen through to the finish...