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Today Brian Daubach wears the number 23. But in my memories of the 1950s Red Sox, 23 was pitcher Tommy Brewer. No. 5 was not Nomar Garciaparra, but field manager Pinky Higgins. No. 25 was not Troy O'Leary but first baseman Dick Gernert. No. 22 was not Jimy Williams, but catcher Sammy White. No. 37 was not Rheal Cormier, but Jimmy Piersall...
Wilson hit an innocent dribbler to first baseman Bill Buckner, who had an easy play to first for the championship and Red Sox redemption. Tragically, Buckner let the ball roll between his legs, and the Mets went on to win the game and eventually take the series in seven...
With one out in the top of the fifth and Bridich on third, history repeated itself. McCarthy got Binkowski on groundout to the shortstop and Mager on a comebacker that second baseman Brian Ivy handled, and the Crimson once again failed to capitalize. Sophomore Justin Nyweide (2-3) kept the Crimson in it for the first four innings, matching McCarthy frame-for-frame with six strikeouts...
Nyweide began to unravel in the fifth, however, when Yale captain Tony Coyne reached him for a single to center field. Nyweide balked the runner to second, and Eli third baseman Steve Duke advanced him to third on a successful bunt attempt. The next batter, right fielder Keith Reams, singled to left to bring the first run home...
Yale second baseman Brian Ivy sent a Crockett offering over the left field fence in the sixth to add to the lead, but Yale put the game completely out of reach with a five-run eighth stanza. Coyne's two-RBI triple chased Crockett, and Sevier allowed another RBI single to Beasley...