Word: eibl
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After watching his teammates rally from a 5-0 deficit to take an emotional, 6-5 victory in the opener. Brown tossed his seven-inning gem to improve the Crimson's EIBL record to 4-2. The overall mark stands...
...Crimson didn't even need the unearned runs Lion shortstop Mike DiChiaro gave them with two errors on the same grounder in the bottom of the inning, as Larson mowed down Columbia in order the rest of the way to even Harvard's EIBL and overall records...
...NOTEBOOK: Bill Doyle and Greg Brown will take the mound this afternoon as Harvard hosts Penn in an EIBL doubleheader. The Quakers have had pitching problems this season, but their 9-11-1 mark shows they are no pushovers. Look for Martelli to catch half of the twinbill now that he injured hand has healed, with Chuck Marshall getting the nod at first base. Wark has been behind the plate for every game this year, a yeoman effort...Defensive Play of the Day: With one out in the first inning and Columbia's Gene Larkin on second base, leftfielder Paul...
Today's Eastern League contest is the more meaningful home opener. The Lions (3-3 EIBL, 10-7 overall) are always tough for Harvard, and you may see Kurt Lundgren pitch the kind of ballgame Rollie Acosta did the last time Columbia came north, back in the manual scoreboard days. Lundgren, a sophomore from Nanuet, N.Y., leads the entire 59-team ECAC in strikeouts with 60, and despite a 2-4 record and three straight bad outings, he's a guy capable of getting hot and whiffing 16 like he did while shutting out Dartmouth last year...
...crystal ball: Look for the Crimson, despite the pressure, to win a close race with Princeton and Yale, with an overrated Cornell limping home fourth. The make-up of the squad, with no real stars (except perhaps Bauer) but good talent all around, is conducive to winning in the EIBL. The pitching seems to be as good as last year's, and the spirit is there It should be interesting...