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Columbia’s Ray Waters led off the last of the eighth with a single but got caught in a rundown and tagged out trying to steal second. Michael Anderson followed by drawing the only walk Self gave up all day, and Andrew Hooker singled him to third, chasing Self in favor of Cosgriff with Harvard ahead...
Harvard staked Hendricks to a 2-0 first-inning lead on two singles, a double steal, a fielder’s choice, an error and two RBI groundouts...
...wasn’t for lack of trying. In the fifth inning, when Rhode Island twice called for a delayed double steal with runners on the corners, Harvard responded just as brazenly, electing to throw down to second, only to cut off the throw and come back home. Both steal attempts were two-out tries when Harvard could’ve settled for the out at second and sacrificed the run or just given the Rams the free base and focused on the batter...
That sense of urgency didn’t quite carry over when the Crimson was on the basepaths, though. Harvard moved just one runner over to third base all afternoon. That can partly be explained by the fact that opportunities to steal or play hit-and-run “just didn’t come up,” as Farkes said...
After a Cosgriff wild pitch allowed Hayden to take third and Wayne Russo walked, the Rams put on the exact same double-steal play with the same result. Farkes again cut off Lentz’s throw but was unable to fire the ball home in time to beat Hayden and the Rams went...