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...relievers a chance. Making the most of what was only the third—and by far the biggest—start of his career, Self made his job look easy, in part because he let his fielders do the dirty work. Through his first seven innings, every batter he faced put the ball in play—but usually right at someone. Only four baserunners reached during that stretch. One of those was erased by senior catcher Brian Lentz when he tried to steal. The others were harmlessly stranded...
...throw down to second, only to cut off the throw and come back home. Both steal attempts were two-out tries when Harvard could’ve settled for the out at second and sacrificed the run or just given the Rams the free base and focused on the batter...
...after the Golden Panthers’ leadoff man reached on an error, Harvard coach Joe Walsh went to Wahlberg. The Crimson closer walked the first batter he faced, then gave up a two-run double to Skipton Adams. Those runs proved to be the difference, as Harvard dropped to 3-6 on the season...
...Whitton doesn’t take herself all that seriously. She offers a story from a game against Drexel last year. She was on second base when the next batter hit a long fly ball to centerfield, which Whitton judged to be at least a double. She took off running, but it wasn’t until she had rounded third that she realized her coach was frantically signaling—the ball had been caught by the Drexel centerfielder. Whitton says she used her Harvard logical reasoning skills to get back to second base: “The shortest...