Word: dribblers
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...Looking to reward the efforts of their rookie pitchers, the Crimson bats refused to squander yet another scoring opportunity in the bottom of the frame. With one out, sophomore center fielder Dillon O’Neill tapped a dribbler back to the mound, but Yale pitcher Eric Shultz threw the ball away, allowing O’Neill to reach first base safely and advance to second...
...going to take extra batting practice,” the shortstop continued. “This hasn’t been us. This hasn’t been our team.”The Bulldogs were the first to put a run on the board, scoring on a dribbler up the first-base line in the second inning. Junior starting pitcher Dana Roberts helped her own cause by fielding her position well. Roberts, on a comebacker to the mound, threw home to retire the unforced runner from third base that was trying to score.It looked as if the Crimson might...
...struck out the heart of the Bulldogs’ order on nine pitches. After Harvard picked up a run in the bottom of the frame to regain the four-run advantage, Perlman fanned two more in the seventh, with the second out of the inning coming on a weak dribbler to the mound. “He was just pounding the zone and doing everything he had to do, and I thought he did a really good job,” Walsh said. “He’s in total control of himself, in control of his pitches...
...second line or the second power play, even scoring Harvard’s first goal of the game on a highlight-reel, between-the-legs redirection to halve BC’s early two-goal lead. And Sifers, ever the leader, rushing to console Martin after the game-ending dribbler. There is only the sight of Julie Chu, with the dignity, amid the post-game ruckus, to find and hug one of her friends from her other team, fellow U.S. Olympian Katie King, a BC assistant coach. After that, even, Chu lingering on the ice to shake the hand...
...three innings later, Holy Cross drew to within scoring position once more, earning a pair of walks with one out in the 12th, then advancing runners to second and third on a slow dribbler to the left side of the infield. Clean-up man Andrew Tenaglia seemed poised to bring both home, grounding the ball hard to the right side of second base, but Brendan Byrne speared it just inside the outfield grass and fired to first to end the half-inning...