Word: eighths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...though, the Crimson batsmen emerged with a welcome 9-7 victory over Tufts and an end to their three-game losing streak. Harvard left fielder Jim Peccerillo, who has batted .526 over the last five games, broke a 6-6 tie with two outs in the bottom of the eighth by knocking in Mike Stenhouse with his third double of the day. And when Charlie Santos-Buch rapped a two-run single to center on the first pitch offered by reliever John Casey, Harvard had its margin of victory...
Stenhouse started the eighth-inning rally with a two-out triple (his second of the game, sixth of the season) to right-center off Tufts southpaw Art Georgeu. Jumbo coach Bill Samko then made the mysterious decision to intentionally walk Harvard cleanup hitter Mark Bingham, a left-handed batter, to get to Peccerillo, a righty who had stung the ball all day and had--unbeknownst to Samko--been hitting .500 the past week...
Despite Peccerillo's heroics and the three-run lead, Harvard was not yet out of the game. Freshman John Sorich--who had relieved Crimson starter Paul McOsker in the eighth--allowed one Tufts runner to score and two more to reach base with just one out in the ninth...
...play that lost the game came in the top of the tenth. Reliever Ron Steward seemed out of the inning when he got two quick outs, but he gave up a single to the seventh hitter and a walk to the eighth hitter...
Keyte--who pitched well, considering the gusting winds--wen to the showers, in the eighth when Ronnie Perry singled, advanced to second on a sacrifice by the cleanup hitter, and scored when first baseman Bingham fielded a grounder cleanly but threw past Keyte covering first. Steward struck out slugger Rick Allen to end the inning and keep Harvard within three...