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...Grillo] just came out with the fastball and was able to throw it for strikes," said sophomore second baseman Faiz Shakir. "Especially after the rain delay, he just came straight at us. With the cold weather, our hitters were slow reacting. [Grillo] knew that with the lead he had, he just needed to get outs...
...Crimson seemed poised to break the shutout in the third when sophomore designated hitter Josh San Salvador, who was 3-for-4 on the day, hit a leadoff double. Mager successfully sacrificed San Salvador over to third base, but Henry fanned sophomore second baseman Faiz Shakir and Brian Lentz grounded out to second base to leave San Salvador stranded at third...
...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...
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...
...With two away in the fifth and the Crimson leading, 5-4, Lentz doubled to score sophomore second baseman Faiz Shakir and start the Crimson rout...