Word: brayton
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While the other opponents were groping for decent starters to follow up the staff aces, Harvard had no problems coming up with three outstanding pitchers in Roz Brayton, Don Driscoll and Mike O'Malley, along with a little relief help from Norm Walsh. Who else but Harvard could throw a man, O'Malley, on the mound in the team's third game in as many days who has a perfect 6-0 record and an ERA under...
Smith began his exploits in Friday's game with UMass at Fenway Park. The Minutemen jumped on Brayton in the first for a pair of runs on a double by UMass ace pitcher Mike Flanagan and a run producing single off the bat of Mike Koperniak. It looked bleak indeed until the fourth when, with Joe Sciolla on first, Jimmy Stoeckel blasted a shot over the famous Green Monster guarding Fenway's left field and indeed all the way across the street behind the park to tie the game...
...Brayton settled down to allow only two more hits after the first, while striking out six. It was up to the batters to win the game and it was Smith who came through in the clutch. With the bases loaded in the eighth on Sciolla's third hit and a pair of walks to Stoeckel and Leigh Hogan, Smith rapped a three and two pitch into center for the winning two runs...
...UMass game plan features consistent but not heavy hitting and quite good pitching. In fact, the pitching will probably tell the story of the game. Roz Brayton, the Crimson ace, is expected to go up against the Minutemen. Brayton is 6-1 overall...
...Brayton pitched six innings of shut-out ball to pick up his sixth win against a single loss this season. Sandy Weissent and Norm Walsh also got into the game as pitching coach Bob Lincoln gave most of his staff a good workout in preparation for this weekend's NCAA District I playoff action...