Moulin’s gem, Penn’s early burst top Harvard 7‑6

BOSTON (Interstat) — Benjamin Moulin pitched five hitless innings with six strikeouts and Gavin Degnan drove in three runs as Penn held off Harvard 7-6 on Sunday at Joseph J. O’Donnell Field. The Quakers improved to 17-18, while the Crimson fell to 8-25.

Penn scored seven runs over the first two innings. Degnan’s RBI single and a groundout produced two runs in the first, followed by an RBI single from Pokrovsky. A wild pitch and a throwing error brought home another run in the second. Nick O’Brien’s RBI single and Degnan’s two-run single in the fourth extended the lead to 7-0.

Harvard mounted a late comeback. A wild pitch in the eighth cut the deficit to 7-1. In the ninth, Jack Rickheim went 4 for 5 and Tyler Shulman delivered a two-run single. Gavin Smith added an RBI double, and a groundout made it 7-6, but Nicholas Newburn recorded the final two outs for Penn. Luca Alagheband allowed one hit in 4.1 innings for Harvard.