Word: shortstops
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After Sparrow, playing shortstop, once again led off with a single, Co-Captain Beth Reilly, who was 3-for-5 in the twin bill, stepped into the box. The junior thirdbaseman showed why her teammates call her "Ripper," blasting a two-run homer deep to left field and silencing the visitors' dugout...
...bottom of the third, the Crimson mounted its only serious offensive threat. Freshman shortstop Leticia Ibarra walked and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Co-Captain Jen Clawson. With one out, sophomore secondbaseman Rachel Donaldson beat out an infield hit to put runners on the corners...
...Tufts' shortstop Matt Guanci smashed a hard drive to right field. with two outs in the top of the eighth inning that had all the appearances of a dinger. But Decareau got a good jump, stretched his body over the fence and pulled the ball back into the park...
...baseball never changes. A perfectly fielded ground ball to the shortstop will still nip even the fastest of runners at first just as it did in 1908 (the last time the Cubs won a World Series, by the way). The epic struggle of the hitter and pitcher carries all the potency today as when Ty Cobb first stepped to the plate 90 years ago. And for the fans, Gary Cooper in Pride of the Yankees was just as cool as Robert Redford in The Natural...
After Jim Mwroka drew a walk to lead off the seventh, Del Vecchio rapped a single into center. However, Mwroka was thrown out at third, and after Del Vecchio stole second, outfielder Marcel Durand grounded to shortstop. Catcher Aron Allen flied to right to end the game...