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...couple hits that weren’t caught.”That would be as close as the Crimson would come, though, as the Big Green added four in the top of the next inning. Senior Ray Allen hit a three-run homer in the fourth after a bloop single had already scored a run.“Once you get tense and the pitches get up a little bit, they have some guys who can really drive the ball,” Walsh said.One of those hard-hit balls was snagged by O’Neill in the fifth...
...offense and overcome early deficits.BROWN 8, HARVARD 5Following a low-scoring opening game, the Crimson took to the field for Round 2 eager to make plays and produce runs. Unfortunately for the visitors, they may have been a bit too ambitious. In the bottom of the first, a bloop single with a man aboard resulted in two Harvard errors and a Bears run, setting the tone for a difficult afternoon.“We need to cut down on mistakes,” Walsh said. “Mistakes on the mound, mistakes throwing to bases, our approach...
...great, resilient performance.”But it looked like Harvard might squander Brown’s gem for much of the game. The team was held scoreless through four frames.Schellberg, who is also a Crimson sports editor, changed all that in the fifth. After reaching on a bloop single into center field, the junior came running home after a shot from classmate Jennifer Francis flew over the Yale’s right fielder. The relay throw came in hot, and looked to have Schellberg as she headed home. The junior, however, would not be denied, as she lept...
...three RBI effort in the opener that led the Big Green attack. “Sometimes in tough losses we say the ball has eyes,” Madick said. “They had a really solid double off of me...then they just had a couple bloop singles that found the holes and I couldn’t get out of it. Sometimes it goes like that.”Harvard got off to a good start as Henderson got on base and scored on a Lauren Murphy single to left. Henderson was the only Crimson player...
...come in walk-off fashion.“After this season, I have to sit down with the baseball gods and have a little meeting,” Walsh said. “We keep shaking our heads wondering when that bad hop is going to come, when that bloop is going to fall. Every time we make a mistake, it seems the other team capitalizes. We just can’t get our breaks.”The Crimson got on the scoreboard first when freshman Sean O’Hara drove in captain Matt Vance with a triple...