Word: batting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hurtling in from third, but the catcher was there to meet him. When the dust cleared. Smith was out. Dorwart singled and again the runners advanced on a wild pitch. With two out and runners on second and third, Harvard's leading batter and shortstop, Jeff Grate, came to bat. He lined the second pitch into deep right field for a single, scoring two runs. Grate was thrown out trying for a double however, and the side was retired...
...foot triple by catcher Pete Varney and two singles off the bat of Chico Garcia paced the Crimson starters to a 14-0 lead before they were repleced after four innings. The pace did not slow up when the second string came in. Ray Stitch hit a home run and Brad Fenton tripled before the hapless B.U. frosh bowed in the oncoming darkness...
Harvard continued to have batting problems. The heart of the order--John Ignacio. Carter Lord and Jack Turco--managed but one hit in 10 tries. Fortunately, Peter's bat...
...loss demonstrates the fluctuations of which Harvard's batsmen are capable. On Saturday they scored 11 runs against/Springfield, but yesterday they managed only three hits. Only Jeff Grate performed well at the plate as he walked twice and hit two singles in five times at bat. Coupled/with the loss to B.U., the defeat yesterday all but eliminates the Crimson from repeating as the Greater Boston League champions...
...shortstop Ray Oyler struck in vain at a Sparky Lyle slant. It was his third such failure, so Sox catcher Elston Howard whipped the ball in the general direction of Dalton Jones and third base, as custom dictates. Unfortunately, Jones was busy in the short-stop hole, retrieving the bat which had flown from the fanning Oyler's hands. Howard's throw flew unchallenged into Carl Yastrzemski's pasture where it died on the soggy grass. Yaz started in, stopped, wagged his head both in shame and disgust, and elected to ignore the ball. And, that, shockingly and painfully...