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...outs Taylor passed up Goff, who proceeded to steal second on the next pitch. Sheldon had signalled for a pitchout, but once the ball was in his hands he threw over May's head, allowing Goff to continue to third. With a runner on third, Martynik drove a hard grounder to Wood, who was unable to field the ball cleanly, and Goff scored, Martynik stretching his base hit for two bases. In the midst of this confusion Des Roches pulled the situation out of the fire by making a valiant stab at the hard grounder sent out by Potter, catching...
...inning, rolling up six runs before the bewildered Rhode Island pitcher could collect himself. Sheldon started off by driving out a long fly which the Rhode Island outfielders failed to collect until the Harvard backstop had reached third. Mays was passed, taking second when Taylor tapped out an infield grounder. Taylor himself was safe, since the visiting first sacker took his foot off the bag in attempting the putout...
With the bases crowded and none out, Martynik issued passes to McCaffrey and McGrath, forcing in Sheldon and Mays. McGrath was out on Wood's grounder to third, and Ticknor made it two out with a fly to Cragan. Taylor scored on a single by DesRoches, McCaffrey came in on Wood's effort, DesRoches and Wood scored on a double by Lupien. Sheldon retired the side with a fly to left. This concluded Harvard aggression...
...Harvard nine played almost a flawless game. The only error was made in the fifth frame when MacHale was unable to pick up a grounder hit by White. Mays made several difficult stops at second base and Wood, at short, played a fast and efficient game...
...home a moment later when McGrath hit a home run over Engleburt's head. In the fifth, MacHale got to first on a single and was advanced to second by McCaffrey's sacrifice. He went to third when McGrath was thrown out at first. Ticknor then hit an easy grounder to White who tried to tag MacHale as he was running home, but missed him and Harvard's sixth run was scored. The Crimson's run-getting ended in the eighth when Rex was hit by a pitched ball and came in on a sacrifice by Mays and a double...