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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...
...last inning, however, was not indicative of the way the Harvard bats had been most of the afternoon. Harvard had only five hits in the first eight innings while striking out ten times. The Crimson benefited from seven walks but also struck out four times with the bases loaded, twice to end innings...
...Harvard hit extremely well under pressure, scoring 10-of-12 runs with already two outs in the inning...
Forget the fact that the game was already won after the second inning. Never mind that the sky was grayer than the Yankees' aging roster, or that the air was colder than the reception received by Roger Clemens the last time he pitched in Boston...
NOTES: Junior John Franey was hit by his own foul ball in the tenth inning and forced to leave the game...Harvard has now defeated the Quakers nine straight times... Penn tri-captain Kevin McCabe was ejected at the end of the first game of the doubleheader for arguing with the umpire...