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...trust isn’t unfounded. A mere two days ago, when he plucked Haviland from the bullpen and thrust him onto the mound with Holy Cross knocking on the door in the ninth inning of a then-scoreless tie, his freshman delivered, picking the lead runner off at second base, then inducing an inning-ending pop fly, before retiring the side the next inning on five pitches...
Monday, April 11. Khaled Hosseini reads from The Kite Runner. 6 p.m., Cambridge YMCA. Admission free...
...though Holy Cross managed to advance a runner to third one inning later—an accomplishment not matched by Harvard despite four extra-base hits thanks to Marron, who Walsh credited with stifling the Crimson’s progress on the base paths—the danger proved short-lived. Centerfielder Brendan Akashian had advanced to third courtesy of a ground-ball single to left field with two outs, but the man who had put him there, right fielder Steve Buckley, was thrown out while attempting to steal second by freshman reliever Max Warren...
Holy Cross threatened again three frames later, placing runners on first and second with just one out to chase Warren. His replacement, fellow rookie Shawn Haviland, quickly defused the threat, picking off the lead runner, centerfielder Brendan Akashian, on his second try. After a single again moved the Crusaders into scoring position, Haviland, who struck out three in 2.2 frames of work, forced an infield pop-up from Abraham to end the inning...
Madick persevered after allowing hits to four of the game’s first five batters and digging Harvard an early one-run hole. She was bailed out in part by Rhode Island’s sloppy base-running when the Crimson nabbed a runner making too wide a turn at third base and couldn’t get back to the bag in time...