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...mauling started when Columbia ace Rolando Acosta allowed just one Crimson runner as far as second base in picking up his 20th career win, and it continued when the Lions pounced on three Harvard pitchers for 12 hits and 12 runs in the second game...
...Acosta, a scraggly-bearded senior from the Dominican Republic via the Bronx, lived up to his billing as a master of control in the opener, walking none and nicking corners here and there with his unimpressive-looking fastball-slider repertoire...
This time around, Acosta held the All-American Stenhouse to 0-for-3, twice getting him on called third strikes that may or may not have kissed the outside corner. Said Stenhouse: "I thought they were outside." Said Acosta, grinning ear-to-ear: "They were good pitches. No doubt...
...GOOD player," Acosta--who, incidentally, received his U.S. citizenship Thursday--continued. "He's the guy you have to get if you want to beat Harvard. Last year he beat me. This time I knew I had to get him if I was going...
...Last year I tried to work around him; but I threw a curveball in the dirt, and he bounced it off the fence," Acosta lamented. "Today I said he's gonna have to hit my best stuff. I went right at him, and he didn't hit me, so it was great...