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...prospect McGugan's biggest asset is his speed. The average major leaguer takes four seconds to get from the batter's box to first base, and McGugan has been timed at 3.5 seconds...
Another important maneuver in this year's offense is the hit-and-run play McGugan and the second batter in the line-up, Toby Harvey, use signals to tell each other what they are going to do on each pitch. On a properly executed hit-and-run, McGugan starts to steal to draw the second baseman out of position, and then continues to third when Harvey hits the ball through the opening created on the right side of the infield...
Yale came back in the bottom of the fourth to knock out Crimson starter Mike O'Malley. A single--the only hit O'Malley yielded--and two walks loaded the bases, and a sacrifice fly scored one run. When O'Malley walked the next batter, Norm Walsh came in to end the threat...
Everything we do seems to be wrong. If we make an error, the next batter up hits a home run. Last week we were playing a real good game against Providence in the fifth. Our second baseman dropped a pop fly, and before I knew it, the score was 11-0," he said...
...tide quickly turned in the third inning when McGugan was ejected for fighting after a Big Red runner shredded his right stocking on a force play. The next batter hit a three-run homer, and after a single and a walk, Mike O'Malley came in to relieve Weissant. Before the side was out, Cornell had scored eight times...