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Senior second baseman Faiz Shakir was thrown out at home plate yesterday while attempting to score from second on a two-out single in the eighth inning. The play, which came at a rare point when the Crimson hit Rice’s Steven Herce hard, effectively ended any hope of a history-making upset as Harvard fell to Rice 8-3 in the opening game of the double-elimination NCAA Regionals...
Just when it seemed that the Crimson had no chance of getting back into the game, the Harvard bats showed signs of life. With the visitors facing a 6-0 deficit in the seventh, senior second baseman Faiz Shakir led off the inning with a sharp double down the right field line, and senior shortstop Mark Mager followed that up with a single to give the Crimson first and third with nobody...
Harvard scored its first run in the top of the first inning. After freshman Rob Wheeler and senior second baseman Faiz Shakir both flied out, senior shortstop Mark Mager singled to left field—one of his six hits on the day—and stole second base...
...over Princeton starter Ross Ohlendorf to lead off the inning. Wallace laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance Lopez, but senior third baseman Erik Voelker’s throw pulled Eldridge off of the bag at first. A fielding error by Voelker on a bunt by senior second baseman Faiz Shakir loaded the bases...
...freshman and taking over a position that had been manned by the great David Forst ’98, Mager played an integral role on a Harvard baseball team that won its third straight Ivy League title and fourth straight Red Rolfe Division crown. As he watched fellow freshman Faiz Shakir knock in the run that clinched a spot in the NCAAs, he had no reason to believe that the triumphs would ever stop coming, that Harvard couldn’t dominate another three seasons and, for all he knew, forever...