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...allowing more damage. Harvard failed to score in the bottom half of the seventh inning, extending the contest into extra innings. Neither team threatened in the eighth inning, but in the ninth, senior Joe Llanes hit a shot to left field that looked like a sure homerun off his bat. The wind, blowing hard to the right, severely knocked down the ball, allowing Shirrell to make the catch at the warning track. The home run would have given Harvard the victory...
...Birtwell warming up in case Nyweide's arm became too tired, decided to stick with the junior pitcher for at least one more batter. Walsh called for a change-up on the first pitch to Nickerson, who erased Harvard's comfortable three-run lead with one swing of the bat...
Sophomore Tiffany Whitton, who will likely start the second game against Dartmouth, also had a strong week for the Crimson from both the plate and the mound to make the Ivy League honor roll. Offensively, she has batted .522 over the past seven games, including a 6-for-12 performance against Brown and Yale. Whitton also crushed a home run and a double to give her six RBI to go along with her four runs scored in the three doubleheaders. As prolific as she was in those contests with the bat, though, Whitton was just as stingy pitching, allowing only...
...That one felt a lot better coming off the bat than the first [homer]," Hopps said...
Thoke cruised through the Bears line-up for two innings. The hardest hit that she saw came off her own bat in the bottom of the second frame. She launched a solo home run to left, giving Harvard a 2-0 lead. Her unusual power surge of late gives her four home runs. She would connect against Yale the following day for another blast...