Word: bunting
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...along, it was the inner game of baseball that truly interested Cobb: theft of a base, the hit and run, advancing from first to third on a bunt and unbounded psyching of the opponent. He knew, for example, that Walter Johnson had a lethal fastball but that he never threw at the batter. So Cobb crowded the plate and worked the fireballer for walks and opposite-field hits. Cobb often drooped listlessly at the plate, then ran the bases furiously, colliding with infielders and leaving their blood in the dust. All along, he bench-jockeyed with the worst of them...
With two runners on, one man out, and the Crimson leading 6-5, Harvard head coach Joe Walsh called for freshman Matt Vance to bunt junior Morgan Brown home from third base. But Vance whiffed at an outside offering from Bulldog hurler Jon Hollis...
...about Morgan Brown—the under-appreciated rock of the Crimson infield—dropping down a perfect squeeze bunt with Harvard trailing 5-4 in the sixth, good enough to not only tie the game but also to reach base safely with a single...
Consecutive bunt singles in the sixth by Vance and Brown loaded the bases and, after a bases-loaded walk to Harvard pinch hitter Frank Herrmann scored the go-ahead run for the Crimson, Princeton pitcher Steven Miller yielded a gap double to junior Lance Salsgiver. Harvard exited the inning with a 9-5 lead but had picked up a tip on bunting against a wobbly Princeton infield...
Madick was staked to an early lead, as her offense touched Bears starter Uchenna Omokaro for two runs in the first. Senior Lauren Stefanchik got things started with her speed, reaching on a bunt single and stealing second. She was driven in on an RBI single by sophomore Julia Kidder, who later came around to score on a Brown error. Freshman Danielle Kerper also contributed one of her three doubles on the afternoon...