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After first baseman Trey Hendricks misplayed a batted ball to allow the next hitter to get aboard, Northeastern's Ben Beck tripled to bring two runs home. Two batters later, left fielder Pedro Pena blasted Ronz' 0-2 pitch deep into dead center field. The ball landed in the tarp over the center field bleachers, and the Crimson suddenly faced a 4-0 deficit...
...took two Northeastern miscues to bring Harvard's first run across. Pena dropped a Javy Lopez fly ball to open the bottom of the fifth, an error that landed Lopez on second base. He later trotted home from third on a balk by Burns to break the shutout...
...Sure, men have been called up on these sorts of charges - Cabinet appointees Ron Brown and Federico Pena and Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer all faced similar accusations over the past 10 years - but not one of their eventual appointments was derailed by what was variously portrayed as delinquency or plain old carelessness. Meanwhile, Bush's EPA chief-designate, Christine Todd Whitman, narrowly escaped hired-help disaster during her 1993 gubernatorial run when it turned out her opponent had also hired an illegal worker, thus balancing the scales of wrongdoing...
Even still, surely no team deserved as much calamity as befell Boston this year. The first casualty of outrageous fortune came before the season even started, as promising righthanded starter Juan Pena went down with a season-ending arm injury in spring training. Third baseman John Valentin was Boston's next victim, as a freak play in the infield disabled him for the year...
...four-run home eighth inning secured the win. Pena bobbled a Llanes line drive, allowing him to reach first to open the inning. Carmack got on base after a Henry offering hit his ankle, and San Salvador's single loaded the bases with no outs. After Bridich struck out, Llanes scored on a pitch that squirted through catcher Luke Carlin's mitt and ended up several yards behind him. Mager's second double brought two runs home, and Henry was done...