Word: bunts
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...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...
...Crimson was blanked by Quakers ace Emily Denstedt through the first two innings, but broke out in the third. Brown hit an infield single to shortstop to lead off the inning and moved to third on a throwing error on Kidder’s sacrifice bunt...
...sixth with a bases-loaded single that just missed clearing the wall in right-center, just one half-inning after the Big Green (16-24, 11-9 Ivy) had rallied to tie the game.The inning got started when sophomore center fielder Stephanie Krysiak beat out a short bunt and captain second baseman Julia Kidder bunted her to second. Senior shortstop Lauren Brown then hit a grounder to the shortstop, who had to look Krysiak back before throwing to first, allowing Brown to beat it out for a single. Next up was freshman designated hitter Lauren Murphy, owner of a league...