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...second stanza, third baseman Nick Carter walked with one out, followed by a double by fellow sophomore shortstop Mark Mager. Yale pitcher Craig Breslow (0-3) proceeded to walk the next two batters he faced, including John O'Donnell and Faiz Shakir with the bases juiced to put the Crimson up 3-0. Breslow was replaced by John Steitz, who promptly walked another Harvard run in. A Brian Lentz groundout RBI capped Harvard's scoring before Scot Hopps grounded out to end the inning...
Harvard squandered the few offensive opportunities it had. Junior left fielder Joe Llanes led off the third inning with a triple to center field and had a chance to take the lead, but McCarthy got consecutive groundouts out of tri-captain first baseman Erik Binkowski and Mager. Shakir flied out to center in the next at bat, and the threat was over...
Down 4-2 going into the bottom of the ninth inning, the Harvard bats broke out of their slumber. Facing freshman closer Matt Duffey, right fielder and tri-captain Jeff Bridich hit a hard ground ball in between the first and second basemen for a single. Second baseman Faiz Shakir then singled into center. Sophomore shortstop Mark Mager followed with a perfect sacrifice bunt that put Shakir and Bridich in scoring position...
After Bridich scored on a sacrifice fly, first baseman John Franey hit an infield single. Third baseman Nick Carter, who had struck out twice earlier in the game, drew four straight balls from Duffey to load the bases. Harvard (13-13, 7-1 Ivy) had the Eagles (23-11, 5-7 Big East) right where it wanted them, with star catcher Brian Lentz up. The sophomore nailed a line drive, but the ball went straight into the glove of B.C. center fielder Jarett Mendoza to end the game...
Things quieted down over the next several innings as a pitchers' duel ensued between Knapic and the Crimson's pitcher-by-committee. In the seventh, B.C. third baseman Eric Olson put reliever Dan Saken's low-and outside offering over the fence in right-center field to put the Eagles up for good. They added an insurance run in the eighth off a wild pitch...