Word: crockett
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...smooth righthander and one-time varsity swimmer combined his usual craft and grace with pure, Crockett-style power. Nyweide buzzed a lively fastball past Princeton’s hitters for a career-high 14 strikeouts, collecting his first-ever postseason in the process...
...season long, Nyweide had been Crockett’s opening act. He was the undercard. But then Crockett was summoned to pitch in Harvard’s one-game divisional playoff against Brown last Wednesday, meaning that he would have to be shelved for most if not all of the series with the Tigers. That—plus a nagging shoulder injury to sophomore starter Marc Hordon—threw Harvard’s postseason pitching plans completely out of whack...
...best-of-three showdown with Princeton, Walsh had hinted that his pitching plans included Nyweide, senior Chaney Sheffield and praying for rain. The thinking was that if the Tigers pushed Harvard to a decisive third game, a rain-out on Sunday would buy Harvard enough time to rest Crockett for Monday’s makeup date...
...With a depleted staff—with Hordon and Crockett not going—it was just what the doctor ordered,” Walsh said...
...Crockett has a full two weeks to rest now. He has Nyweide to thank...