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...League champions and four Red Rolfe Division winners. That was the club that introduced to O’Donnell Field shortstop Mark Mager—who finished the season tied atop Harvard’s career hit list with 208—as well as second baseman Faiz Shakir, third baseman Nick Carter and first baseman Josh San Salvador. By the end of this season, each member of this all-senior infield left an indelible mark on the championship race, as did most of the seniors...
...Shakir, who had won the Ivy League title with a cheap single against Princeton his freshman year, came full circle with another clutch hit, this one a bloop to left that propelled Harvard into the Ivy League championship game...
With the Crimson facing a 6-0 deficit, senior second baseman Faiz Shakir led off that inning with a sharp double down the right field line, and Mager followed that up with a single to give the Crimson first and second with nobody...
...Shakir, the next batter, got to first on a catcher’s interference call, and when Mager singled in another run to make the score 6-3, it suddenly appeared as if the Crimson might have a legitimate shot at coming back...
...then Harvard Coach Joe Walsh gambled as he has several times this season, waving Shakir around from third as Rice’s Chris Kolkhorst gloved the two-hopper and threw to third baseman Hunter Brown. Brown bobbled the ball, but his throw still beat Shakir to the plate, ending the inning and the threat...