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...change throwers, calling on Brown to retire Schell. After a first-pitch strike, Brown fell behind 2-1 before Schell knocked his next offering just past freshman Taylor Meehan to the left of second base, driving in Abraham before the Crimson (11-7) could escape the inning. Holy Cross pitcher Scott Hampe retired the Harvard side in order not long after to notch his fourth save of the season and secure the win for Kevin O’Dea (1-0), who scattered three hits in as many stanzas of relief. Wheeler (0-2) was saddled with the loss after...
Only then did the Crusaders threaten, when Holy Cross centerfielder Tom Potvin drove Bruton’s offering to the warning track in right center, where Matt Vance and Lance Salsgiver converged before nearly colliding. As Salsgiver slid to avoid Vance, the ball kissed off the latter’s glove and rolled into right field, allowing Potvin to reach second safely. Bruton’s subsequent pitch found the backstop, advancing Potvin to third with none out and drawing the Crimson infield...
...though Holy Cross managed to advance a runner to third one inning later—an accomplishment not matched by Harvard despite four extra-base hits thanks to Marron, who Walsh credited with stifling the Crimson’s progress on the base paths—the danger proved short-lived. Centerfielder Brendan Akashian had advanced to third courtesy of a ground-ball single to left field with two outs, but the man who had put him there, right fielder Steve Buckley, was thrown out while attempting to steal second by freshman reliever Max Warren...
...Holy Cross threatened again three frames later, placing runners on first and second with just one out to chase Warren. His replacement, fellow rookie Shawn Haviland, quickly defused the threat, picking off the lead runner, centerfielder Brendan Akashian, on his second try. After a single again moved the Crusaders into scoring position, Haviland, who struck out three in 2.2 frames of work, forced an infield pop-up from Abraham to end the inning...
...three innings later, Holy Cross drew to within scoring position once more, earning a pair of walks with one out in the 12th, then advancing runners to second and third on a slow dribbler to the left side of the infield. Clean-up man Andrew Tenaglia seemed poised to bring both home, grounding the ball hard to the right side of second base, but Brendan Byrne speared it just inside the outfield grass and fired to first to end the half-inning...