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Wahlberg, hampered by a wart on his pitching hand that split open again before yesterday’s game, hit the first batter he faced with an errant pitch...
Ronz (2-2) would have had a shutout, except that freshman third baseman Morgan Brown botched his throw to first base on what should have a routine groundout in the first inning. The misplay allowed the batter, Yale’s Josh Zabar, to move all the way to second, and he later scored on a wild pitch. That put the Bulldogs ahead...
Harvard had already gotten off to a solid start— then the third batter came up. Tri-captain first baseman Tiffany Whitton smacked the ball off the center fielder’s glove, and freshman third baseman Rachel Murray provided an instant replay, bringing Goldberg home. Freshman catcher Erin Halpenny then picked up the third RBI of the inning with a solid hit to left-center...
...next batter, sophomore shortstop Ian Wallace, hit a sharp grounder to Cornell’s Jim Jackson at third. Jackson immediately fired home for the force out, and catcher Matt Goodson rifled it to first for a potential double play. Wallace, however, was hustling down the line and disrupted the throw as it neared first baseman Michael Weiss. The ball tipped off Weiss’ glove and rolled into right field, allowing Hendricks to score the go-ahead run from second...
...only bright spot for the Crimson was the pitching of sophomore Rob Wheeler, who replaced freshman Frank Herrmann in the top of sixth with Harvard already down 12-0. Wheeler shut Cornell down through 1.2 innings, mowing down every batter he faced...