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...BROWN 1Freshman Jennifer Francis hit the first two home runs of her collegiate career as Harvard completed the sweep on Senior Day.Francis, pinch-hitting for freshman designated hitter Lauren Murphy in the fifth, hit a solo shot to center and added another to left in her next at-bat. Senior Susie Winkeller hit a solo home run of her own in the fifth, her fourth of the year.The pitching easily made the lead hold up.Junior Shelly Madick started threw four shutout innings and picked up the win to improve to 11-3.Classmate Amanda Watkins threw a scoreless fifth in relief...
...pressure inherent in the position. If your job is just to hit, you'd better hit. "You're going to go with a veteran guy who can handle the pressure," says Didier. "When he sits on the bench, he's not going to want to hit the bat over his head if he goes 0 for 4. Those young guys are insecure, boy." But Hafner and Ortiz have shown that certain level-headed young players can produce, allowing their teams to put more skilled defenders on the field. And baseball teams love to copycat. "This is a generation of players...
...He’s doing what seniors are supposed to do, and that’s lead,” Walsh said. “He’s doing it with the bat, he’s doing it on the field, he’s doing it elsewhere...
...remember hitting the first and only home run of my Little League career against St. Joseph’s at Juniper Park in Middle Village, N.Y. in April of that same year. I remember how it felt to finally hit a ball on the sweet spot of the bat, how I watched, dumbfounded, as the ball soared, before the screams of “Run! Run!” from the dugout finally reached my ears. I know that I made the Principal’s List in each term during eighth grade. I remember running down the field...
...into runs. Junior Matt Vance got the Crimson (10-11, 5-3 Ivy) off to a quick start in the top of the first, following singles by junior Jeff Stockel and captain Brendan Byrne with a left-center home run into the wind. Vance turned in a tough at-bat, going down 0-2 and fouling off several pitches before launching his first round-tripper of the season. “Stoeckel and Byrne had line drives off a guy who’s a pretty good, hard-throwing left-hander,” coach Joe Walsh said...