By: Mack Krell
Northeastern (14-12) and Harvard (7-15) faced off on Wednesday at 3:30 at Friedman Diamond in the Beanpot Semifinals. This is the 26th year of the Beanpot Tournament, which Northeastern has won 5 times and Harvard has won 4 times. Nate Borges started on the mound for the Huskies and Simon Rosenblum-Larson started for the Harvard Crimson.
After a quiet first inning, Northeastern got the scoring started in the 2nd inning on a Jake Farrell triple to center field. Cam Walsh and Zach Perry scored on the hit off of starter Rosenblum-Larson. Jake Farrell finished the game 2-3 with 2 RBI’s and one strikeout.
Harvard responded in the bottom of the third inning on two singles by Trent Bryan and John Fallon. After Drew Reid reached on a throwing error and Mitch Klug reached after being hit by a pitch, Bryan hit a single to score Reid and moved Klug to third. Fallon then followed that hit up with another single that scored Bryan after he stole second base. Bryan and Fallon both finished the game 1-4 with 1 hit and 1 RBI.
With the score 2-2, Northeastern pushed across the winning run in the top of the 5th inning. Max Burt hit a ground rule double to right-center field, and then scored on a Cam Walsh single up the middle of the infield. Cam Walsh finished the game 2-4 with 1 run scored and the winning RBI.
Northeastern used four different pitchers in the game. Nate Borges started the game and threw for 2.2 innings while giving up 2 runs and striking out 1 in the process. Will Jahn (1-1), who ultimately received the win for Northeastern, pitched 3.2 innings while striking out 3 and giving up 3 hits. Jahn didn’t allow any runs in his efforts. Mike Fitzgerald was credited with the save for Northeastern, his 4th of the season. He pitched the 9th inning and struck out 2. Rosenblum-Larson started the game for Harvard and pitched 4 innings for the Crimson while giving up 3 hits and 2 earned runs. Kevin Rex (0-1) was credited with the loss for Crimson despite only pitching 1 inning and giving up 1 earned run.
Northeastern now moves on to play in the Beanpot finals on April 20th. Northeastern’s next game is Friday, April 8th against Elon at Friedman Diamond.