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...lead and were two outs away from starting a new era in Ivy baseball. But the Crimson dynasty remained intact when a succession of ground balls and Texas Leaguers in the top of the ninth culminated in a two-run single by freshman designated hitter Faiz Shakir, who gave Harvard the tying and winning runs...
...Shakir's hit--a lined shot over the head ofPrinceton freshman shortstop Pat Boran with thebases loaded--was the climax of a championshipseries in which all three games were decided byone run. The visiting team trailed by two runsearly in all three games but went on to win eachcontest...
...stepped Shakir, a 5'9" defensive specialistwhom Walsh penciled in at the nine-hole because hewas a left-handed hitter. In Game One he was0-for-2 with two strikeouts and, although he haddoubled earlier and is hitting .407, he wasmaking only the 27th at bat of his collegiatecareer. But the rookie slapped Golden's pitch tocenter field to drive in the fifth and sixth runsof his career...
...rough day Saturday but I just tried toget that out of my head," Shakir said. "I washappy when Coach let me come up in that situationwith the bases loaded and everybody on the teamhad confidence in me. This was the greatest momentof my career in sports...
That means freshman Faiz Shakir (.429, 4), who has had 21 at-bats in 16 appearances, should replace Woodfork at second base and junior Jeff Bridich (.365, 20) might move from designated hitter to the outfield. Binkowski (.315, 30) and senior catcher Jason Keck (.296, 24) will provide experience to the lineup and the infield. Freshman shortstop Mark Mager (.327, 26) and sophomore outfielder Scott Carmack (.323, 14) round out the solid batting order...