Word: shakir
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...Grillo] just came out with the fastball and was able to throw it for strikes," said sophomore second baseman Faiz Shakir. "Especially after the rain delay, he just came straight at us. With the cold weather, our hitters were slow reacting. [Grillo] knew that with the lead he had, he just needed to get outs...
...That's actually a play we run," Shakir said. "It's a play we could have made but we were more concerned with getting the third...
...Crimson seemed poised to break the shutout in the third when sophomore designated hitter Josh San Salvador, who was 3-for-4 on the day, hit a leadoff double. Mager successfully sacrificed San Salvador over to third base, but Henry fanned sophomore second baseman Faiz Shakir and Brian Lentz grounded out to second base to leave San Salvador stranded at third...
...bizarre sequence prevented the Crimson from doing further damage. After Shakir popped up to short, Lentz came to bat with runners on second and third. Midway through Henry's delivery, Bridich began to sprint for home. The pitch ended up hitting Lentz in the shoulder, loading the bases with one out but sending Bridich back to third. It appeared as if Bridich would have been safe had the pitch not hit Lentz...
...that point, Northeastern decided to hand the ball over to backup catcher Dan Connolly. The backstop made his first career appearance on the other side of the plate, and promptly gave up an RBI bloop single to Shakir. Lentz' sacrifice fly later in the inning accounted for the final margin...