WEST HAVEN, Conn. (Interstat) — Tate Evans delivered a dominant start and Garrett Larsen provided a perfect day at the plate as the Yale Bulldogs defeated the Harvard Crimson 5-2 on Sunday afternoon at Yale Field to claim the decisive game of their three-game Ivy League series.

The victory improved Yale’s record to 19-10 overall, while Harvard fell to 6-19.

Evans, Yale’s top star, set the tone with 6 2/3 strong innings, allowing one earned run on four hits while striking out seven. He effectively worked around traffic, rebounding from a loss in relief the previous day against Harvard to control the Crimson lineup for much of the afternoon and early evening contest.

Harvard struck first without a hit in the opening inning, capitalizing on a walk, a hit-by-pitch and a wild pitch by Crimson starter Luca Alagheband that allowed Larsen to steal home. Yale tied the game in the third when Kaiden Dossa walked, advanced on a single by Larsen and scored on a double play grounder by Chris Diprima.

The Bulldogs took the lead for good in the fifth inning against Harvard reliever Davis Kahn. Owen Turner walked, stole second and scored on Larsen’s RBI single to right-center. Dossa, who had singled, later scored on a sacrifice fly by Diprima to give Yale a 4-1 advantage.

The most important sequence of the game occurred in the bottom of the seventh, effectively sealing the outcome. After Harvard’s Gio Colasante hit an RBI double in the sixth to cut the deficit to 4-2, Yale responded in its next at-bat. Larsen led off with a double, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a sharp RBI single by Jack Dauer. That insurance run restored a three-run cushion at 5-2.

Harvard’s final threat was extinguished by Yale reliever Ben Winslow, who recorded five strikeouts over 2 1/3 innings. Colasante hit a solo home run to left-center in the ninth for Harvard’s final run, but Winslow stranded a subsequent walk to close out the game.

Larsen led Yale’s nine-hit attack, going 3 for 3 with a double, an RBI, two runs scored and a walk. Colasante was the lone bright spot for Harvard, finishing 2 for 4 with the home run and both Crimson RBIs. Harvard managed only five hits total against the trio of Evans, Winslow and the Yale bullpen.

The game was a departure from the previous day’s high-scoring split doubleheader, which saw the teams combine for 23 runs. Evans’s command and Yale’s timely hitting in the fifth and seventh proved the difference in the lower-scoring series finale.

Yale next visits Quinnipiac on Wednesday. Harvard will host Massachusetts on Tuesday.