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...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...
...biggest defensive play of the series cameafter Tiger freshman left fielder Ryan Achterbergled off the bottom of the ninth by bouncing agrounder under Mager's outstretched glove. Withthe tying run on first, Walsh called a defensiveplay--"43"--on the second pitch to the nextbatter, sophomore pinch hitter, Casey Hildreth,who represented the winning run and had tried tobunt the first pitch...
...second time in two innings, the crowdwas still raving over Walsh's genius. In theprevious inning, he had called for junior MattDevine to pick off Princeton senior leadoff hitterJason Koonin at first base. The play resulted in arundown with Koonin getting tagged out at second...
That was all for Duffell and Walsh called inVail, who had pitched five-plus innings to get thevictory Saturday in Game One. The righthander gotMitchell to pop out to Huling in center and thenfanned Boran, who had just homered, before he wasmobbed by his Ancient Eight-champion teammates...
...made it exciting in the ninth but we hadplenty of chances to score earlier in theballgame," Walsh said. "We weren't dropping buntsor knocking runners in from scoring position...