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...team that hit only .261 on the season, pitching was vital. The biggest boost to the Crimson’s title aspirations happened last summer, when the team learned that hurler Ben Crockett, a Boston Red Sox draftee in last June’s Major League Baseball draft, would return to captain the team in his senior season...
...Crockett opened the season with a tough loss at nationally ranked Rice but would eventually carry the team back to Houston on his back, routinely dominating with 140-pitch efforts in crucial Ivy League games...
...Crockett anchored a staff that included fellow seniors Justin Nyweide and Chaney Sheffield—who gradually settled in as the No. 4 starter this year—along with sophomore Marc Hordon. Hordon found himself injured at several points this season but was superb when healthy, leading the team with a 2.78 ERA and batting .338 on a run-starved team...
...Crockett will depart Harvard as the school’s all-time strikeout king. Over the course of his remarkable senior season, he set new Crimson records for most strikeouts in a game (17), season (117) and a career (263). He was named Ivy Co-Pitcher of the Year last month...
Assuming he agrees to terms with Colorado, Crockett will be the second Harvard pitcher in as many years to sign with a major league organization. John Birtwell ’01, the 1999 Ivy Pitcher of the Year, was drafted by the Detroit Tigers last year and spent last summer pitching for their New York-Penn League affiliate...