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Despite leading off the bottom of the ninth inning with its 7-8-9 hitters at the plate, the Crimson overcame its three-run deficit thanks, in part, to costly mistakes by the opposing team. Brown committed an error, hit Hendricks with a pitch, and let three Harvard hitters reach base on walks...
With one out, Christian reached on an error by Farkes, and a single by Wiginton put runners on first and second. Bruton then got Deeb—the Bears’ No. 3 hitter and career hits leader—to chop a perfect double play ball to junior second baseman Ian Wallace. But Wallace fumbled the ball twice trying to pick it up, and never made a throw, loading the bases...
...fourth inning, Gordon led off with a double to center and Fritsch reached base after an error. Bettinelli singled to left to drive in Gordon, and the bases were cleared when sophomore catcher Erin Halpenny singled to right field and advanced on a throwing error by the right fielder. Junior shortstop Rachel Goldberg singled home Halpenny for the fourth run of the inning and a 5-4 lead...
...Crimson scored its first run in the top of the third on the strength of two sacrifices. Kidder moved freshman Lauren Brown to second base with a sacrifice bunt, and Brown moved to third after an error by Akeni Topel. Brown scored the first run of the game on a sacrifice fly by Gordon...
...sixth, the Harvard offense exploded for four runs. Two walks and two singles yielded one run and loaded the bases for Brown, who subsequently doubled and drove in the two game-winning runs. Before the end of the inning, Goldberg would add further insurance by scoring on an error...