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...innings before, the rookie’s throw to third baseman Josh Klimkiewicz from almost 200 feet away in right field went for a perfect strike. After that, the 60 feet and six inches from the pitching rubber to home plate was purely a matter of calibration. Salsgiver—whose cannon arm has forced Ivy League baserunners to run at their own risk all season long—didn’t take long to adjust for the shorter distance...
Morgalis hustled to first to get the out, falling backwards with his feet on the bag as Szymanski charged through, but an umpire called Szymanski safe. Morgalis, still on the ground, turned and threw to home plate after a moment’s hesitation, but both runs had scored...
...home run came after Princeton had tied it on an RBI infield single by Szymanski. With Salsgiver 90 feet away after stealing second and third, Mann hit a fielder’s choice to Mike Chernoff at short, and Chernoff was able to gun Salsgiver down at the plate...
...when Salsgiver and Dukovich both walked in the ninth inning to bring the tying run to the plate with two outs, Walsh didn’t have many choices...
With two outs and two runs already having crossed the plate in the second, Harvard had Dukovich on first and a lot of momentum. But when freshman left fielder Chris Mackey fell behind 0-2 to Pauly, Walsh called for the delayed steal and Princeton catcher Tim Lahey gunned Dukovich out at second...