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...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...
Harvard squandered the few offensive opportunities it had. Junior left fielder Joe Llanes led off the third inning with a triple to center field and had a chance to take the lead, but McCarthy got consecutive groundouts out of tri-captain first baseman Erik Binkowski and Mager. Shakir flied out to center in the next at bat, and the threat was over...
With one out in the top of the fifth and Bridich on third, history repeated itself. McCarthy got Binkowski on groundout to the shortstop and Mager on a comebacker that second baseman Brian Ivy handled, and the Crimson once again failed to capitalize. Sophomore Justin Nyweide (2-3) kept the Crimson in it for the first four innings, matching McCarthy frame-for-frame with six strikeouts...
...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...
Harvard answered in the bottom half of the inning. Shakir hit a bloop single over Gambino's head and Mager singled. After Franey walked, Carter, who leads the teams in runs batted in, extended his hitting streak to seven games with an infield single. An error on the shortstop allowed another run to score and the Crimson tied up the game...