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HOUSTON—When asked why he thought Harvard Coach Joe Walsh had saved his ace, senior Ben Crockett, for the second game of NCAAs instead of pitching him in the opener against his top-seeded Owls, Rice Coach Wayne Graham thought for a moment...
Whether or not Graham’s guess was on target, the Crimson would escape with neither. Even with Crockett on the mound, the Washington Huskies rode a two-out, four-run rally in the fourth inning to defeat the Crimson, 4-2, in the second game of the NCAA Regional Playoffs in front of 2,062 at Rice’s Reckling Park...
...Crockett ended his Crimson career in a manner typical of his four years in a Harvard uniform—with a gritty, complete-game performance. But with two outs in the fourth inning and the Crimson ahead 1-0, the Huskies started to hit him hard, beginning with Jay Garthwaite’s double to deep left. The next batter, John Otness tore a double to left-center that hit the wall between sophomore outfielders Marc Hordon and Bryan Hale, tying the game...
...inconsistent with my curveball,” Crockett said. “My fastball was solid, and I had a pretty good change-up, but I was too inconsistent with my offspeed pitches. I wasn’t able to get ahead and I got rattled a little...
...Crockett will start for the Crimson tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. in the first loser’s bracket game against Washington or Texas Tech...