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Never one to shy away from kicking a team when it's down, Harvard (14-12, 6-2 Ivy) scored 11 runs in the second and third innings to defrock the Friars, 13-6, yesterday afternoon at O'Donnell Field. Freshman shortstop Mark Mager hit his first collegiate homer, a two-run clout in the third, and junior Jeff Bridich and freshman Josh San Salvador added three hits apiece as the Crimson broke out of a mild offensive slump...
...Though Mager played only a supporting role in the second, he was the leading man of the next inning's drama. Giampaolo held the Friars scoreless in the top of the third, and Mager highlighted the bottom of the frame with a three-run blast to left...
...season we've been a little timid to swing the bats, and then today we just came out and said, 'Hey, we're going to have to hit with these guys,'" said Mager, who was hit on the back of the arm with a pitch near the end of the second...
Three batters later, the bases again full, captain Hal Carey brought two more home on a roller up the middle to give Harvard an 8-2 advantage. The next hitter was Mager, who lined an 0-1 fastball just over the fence in left...
...feeling he'd be coming inside with a pitch because he'd just drilled me the inning before," Mager said. "I was still very upset about that, and it was hurting, so I just wanted to hit it back at his head. He threw it inside, and one of the things I've been working on with Coach [Chip] Forrest is just snapping the hands, and I just pulled them through...