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...third tally came on an error in center field to knot the score. The Crimson had two chances to score, but did not manage to reach base in six at- bats. Brown’s go-ahead run came in extra innings, when a single advanced on a sacrifice bunt and came around on a hit to center in the top of the eighth. “We lost the game. We beat ourselves,” Allard said. “We made key defensive mistakes that hurt us…Offensively, we scored enough runs...
...that wasn’t out of the zone enough,” Allard said. “She got on top of it and hit it out. She was a very good hitter.” Harvard manufactured its runs playing small ball and steadily moving runners. Vertovez bunted to start the fifth inning, sophomore Stephanine Krysiak added a single to left, and freshman Emily Henderson loaded the bases with a bunt back to the pitcher. The next batter, freshmen Ellen Macadam, was hit by a pitch which scored Vertovez. Junior Hayley Bock followed that with an RBI ground...
...embark upon its first winning streak of the season, a successful turn-around may rely more on small-ball fundamentals than the return of big bats to the lineup.“We need the bottom of the lineup to step up and play well when we need to bunt guys over or get the clutch hit. It’s going to need to be a team effort,” Vance said.As Wednesday night’s game against the Crusaders showed, relying on power to win is not a viable formula for success, as Vance?...
...This is definitely the best offense we’ve had since I’ve been here,” junior pitcher Shelly Madick said. “One through nine, we have girls who can hit the ball out, we have girls who can drop the bunt, we have slappers who can hit triples.” Making the offense’s runs stand up was the pitching staff, one of the best in the league. Led by the 1.50 ERA and 16-6 record of Madick, the Ivy League Pitcher of the Year, the Crimson compiled...
...Lauren Murphy. “We were frustrated we didn’t execute early in the game,” Allard said. “[Lotti] had put some runners on base with walks, we had gotten some hits. We weren’t moving our runners with bunts, and we weren’t getting a big hit. We felt we could have scored earlier if we had gotten our bunts down.”Freshman Stephanie Krysiak started the rally in the seventh by flaring an opposite-field double to left. Lotti rebounded to fan Brown...