Word: batterer
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...diamond in Denton, Texas, freshman pitcher Rachel Brown stepped into the circle for the Harvard softball team. It was Opening Day, and Brown had gotten the call. Kansas leadoff batter Stevie Cristoso came to the plate, and before long, was caught looking as the ball sizzled past her for the first strikeout of Brown’s career.The freshman couldn’t have asked for a better start—or an out more representative of her rookie season.“Strikeouts, that has kind of been my pattern the last few years,” Brown said...
...League Championship series, the Big Green could afford to rest some of its regulars in the second game of the day.And Hulse took full advantage of the slightly weakened Dartmouth lineup. The freshman picked up his first collegiate win, giving up just three runs, walking only one batter, and threatening to pitch a complete game.“He’s been throwing strikes and being more aggressive than he was earlier in the year,” Stack Babich said of Hulse.“Conner’s established himself as one of the best pitchers...
...bottom of the fourth inning. Harvard junior starter Margaux Black got into a one-out jam after allowing two consecutive singles to start the inning, yielding to classmate Dana Roberts with runners on second and third. Roberts allowed a three-run shot to junior Christy Autin, the first batter she faced, and then gave up two more singles before pitching out of trouble to limit the Big Green’s lead to 3-0. The Crimson tacked on an unearned run in the top of the fifth, when Bock, who had reached on a fielder’s choice...
...umpires suffered the majority of Dartmouth’s ire.A tight strike zone from home plate umpire Brian Troupe gave both sides trouble, but the crowd erupted when Troupe refused to grant Big Green center fielder Brett Gardner first base after being hit by a pitch, ruling that the batter had failed to make an effort to get out of the way. Although disgruntled fans had a few choice words for the men in blue, Walsh implied that Dartmouth’s supporters may have suffered from selective memory—sophomore catcher Tyler Albright received the same call after...
Moore got into a jam in her first inning of relief, the fifth. With just one out, Moore walked Holy Cross’s Gwen Reimer, then plunked Elizabeth Foley. Moore got the next batter to fly out to left field, and, though the Crusaders deftly executed a double steal to advance both runners to scoring position, Moore got the next Holy Cross hitter to pop a dinky lob shot to the pitcher’s circle for the third and final...