With one out in the first inning and senior second baseman Faiz Shakir standing on first base, Hendricks stepped up to the plate and drove a two-run, 400-foot shot just to the right of the flag pole in right-center field.

The Crimson grabbed the 2-0 lead—which was stretched to 3-0 on a homer by Mann two batters later—and the critical 4-2 victory.

It was the first of two homeruns and five hits on the afternoon for Hendricks.

“Trey had an incredible day,” Crockett said.

Hendricks’ bat has been hot for a while now.

By going 10-for-15 with six runs and six RBIs in four games this week, Hendricks raised his batting average to a team-high .369. Hendricks also leads the club with five homeruns.

“It’s nice becase Trey is always hitting right in the middle of the lineup, and you know that if you can get a couple of guys on, he can drive them in,” said senior shortstop Mark Mager. “He’s swinging a hot bat and hitting the ball the way everyone knew he could.”

Stu-’pen-dous

With complete games from Crockett, senior Justin Nyweide and sophomore Marc Hordon in a four-game sweep of Yale last weekend, the Crimson bullpen saw little action.

On Saturday it provided much relief.

Senior Mike Dryden and juniors Kenon Ronz and Barry Wahlberg combined to throw four innings of perfect relief, allowing no hits, no walks and no runs.

“Those nine-inning games are always going to [require] a combination of pitchers,” Mager said. “And it’s nice to be able to count on your bull pen.”

Wahlberg, a converted starter, continued a strong stretch of relief appearances with his third save of the season Saturday. Wahlberg struck out five of the seven batters he faced in 2.1 perfect innings.

In Wednesday’s 15-10 win over Northeastern, Wahlberg took the victory with one and two-thirds innings of one-hit ball.

“I just do whatever Coach tells me to do,” Wahlberg said. “I want to get the most innings I can, but obviously we have a lot of guys who have proved themselves as starters.”

Ronz also appears to have a new role—namely, getting left-handers out.

In two appearances Saturday, the lefty was brought into the first game for the sole purpose of facing Brown’s top slugger, sophomore Matt Kutler. Both times he did the job, striking Kutler out in the first game and getting a ground out in the second.

“Having Kenon come in and get their best hitter out—that was huge,” Mager said.