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Princeton's hitting is rather weak, however, and the only ultra-consistent Tiger batter is Jack Singer, an outfielder whose average is in the vicinity...
...Scott into another jam in the ninth. He walked Cornell catcher Tom Guise to start the inning and wild pitched him to second. After striking out first baseman Joe Piperato, Scott walked pinchhitter Mike Riff to put men on first and second with one out. But the next batter fouled to O'Donnell and Houston ended the game by going to his knees to snare left fielder Jim Purcell's windblown foul popup...
Scott had only given up one hit in the first four innings, but in the fifth he walked B.U.'s Pat Petrone with one out. Jim Wood, the next batter, looped a single into right field, but was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double. Petrone moved to third on the play, but the threat was seemingly erased as Terrier pitcher Gene McCarthy came to bat next. McCarthy, however, lashed out a single into right field which produced the only run of the game...
...bottom of the seventh, however, McCarthy began to show signs of weakness. He retired leadoff batter Jim Tobin, out only after Tobin had missed an extra base hit when a long blast was carried into foul territory by the wind. O'Donnell walked, and speedster Bobby Leo came...
With Leo only 90 feet away from a tie ball game, all the next batter had to do was bit the ball on the ground. Tom Bilo deau took a strike, bunted foul, and then fouled out to the first baseman. At this point B.U.'s ace pitcher Ron Girolimon entered the game and retired pinchhitter Dan Hootstein on a grounder to third, ending the threat. Girolimon mowed down the Crimson with little difficulty in the eighth and ninth innings...