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Harvard Coach Jenny Allard, who vigorously instructed her players through every at-bat of the game-winning rally, coached to the last possible moment, excitedly waving home each of the runners from the third base box as Whitton’s ball left the park...
Last week, in the late innings of a close game, with a runner on third and the count full, I stepped back into the batter’s box and stared straight ahead at the pitcher. My fingers flexed nervously around the handle of the bat and my stomach churned over the words of a lonely, scary thought: it’s all riding on you. I swallowed once and then once more, and for a second I felt like a real athlete again. But then the pitch came in underhand, and very, very slow, and the spirit...
Both players also appeared in the lineup even when they weren’t catching—Mann as the designated hitter and Kropf at first base. While Kropf’s hot bat has been silenced over the past week (two hits in his last 18 at-bats), Mann provided a definite spark at the plate over the weekend. He went 2-for-4 with two RBI in the weekend opener and had two more hits—including a solo homer—in yesterday’s 10-6 win against the Lions...
...fifth thanks to two Columbia errors and its own hustle. Mager ran out a grounder to third and was rewarded when Steve Compton’s throw pulled first baseman Keith Palmieri off the bag. Hale knocked a pitch off Palmieri’s leg on the next at-bat and beat the flip to first. After senior Nick Carter hit into a fielder’s choice to give the Crimson first and third with one out, Mager raced home on a wild pitch...
...bottom of the seventh, moments after Harvard relievers had given up three consecutive home runs for the Crimson, Carter came to bat with Mager on first and two outs. Carter knocked a Dan Fitzgerald pitch into left field that seemed certain to go for extra bases—easily far enough to score the speedy Mager from first...