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With sophomore shortstop Sean O’Hara out with a knee injury, Walsh chose to give the nod to senior Jon Roberts—in left field that is. So while Roberts got the opportunity to field balls off the Green Monster, everyday left fielder Rogers was moved to shortstop...
...having any ground balls before the game, and then all of a sudden finding out he was at shortstop at Fenway and making a couple plays in the hole, he did a nice job for us today,” Walsh said...
...batters later, with Rogers at third and captain Harry Douglas at first, Walsh decided to send Douglas. A strong throw from Eagles’ catcher Harry Darling—which was destined to get the out at second—was cut off before reaching the bag and was redirected home, towards a darting Rogers. Rogers slid safely into the plate, but might have been tagged out had Darling been able to hold onto the ball. The run gave Harvard a 3-2 lead at the time...
...Exciting play puts Harvard on top. Douglas breaks for second, gets beaten by a mile and Rogers takes off for home. The throw comes home ahead of Rogers, but the catcher bobbles it and Rogers scores. Douglas follows up and steals third, keeping the sac fly in effect. Coach Walsh reminded us before the season that he likes to run, but we really haven't seen it until these last few games...
...outs - So much for being on top of things. Matt Rogers, normally the starting left fielder, is at short, not Sean O'Hara. The Crimson beat writing team is befuddled, but obviously Coach Walsh knows what he's doing, because Rogers has been playing a great shortstop...