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...having such good at bats.”While Harvard converted on its many opportunities at the plate, Foushee shined on the mound in the first start of his Harvard career.Only a relatively low work threshold—Walsh allowed the freshman 72 pitches—prevented Foushee from completing the fifth inning and earning his first collegiate win, which instead went to submarining reliever Jason Brown.Foushee consistently fired his fastball for first-pitch strikes, mixing in a diverse repertoire of breaking balls late in counts. Walsh conceded that the lefthander’s normal out pitch, a slow changeup...
Save for a brief interruption—Northeastern catcher Dan Milano’s second-inning two-run homer that ricocheted off the giant coke bottles above Fenway’s Green Monster—Brown mixed a first-pitch curveball and fastball for strikes, baffling Northeastern hitters all afternoon. Occasionally, he dropped down to throw a deceptive side-arm slider...
...He’s been on the shelf for a little bit,” said Harvard coach Joe Walsh about Herrmann’s 10-day layoff. “But he was just throwing first-pitch strike after first-pitch strike...
Walsh again opted to change throwers, calling on Brown to retire Schell. After a first-pitch strike, Brown fell behind 2-1 before Schell knocked his next offering just past freshman Taylor Meehan to the left of second base, driving in Abraham before the Crimson (11-7) could escape the inning. Holy Cross pitcher Scott Hampe retired the Harvard side in order not long after to notch his fourth save of the season and secure the win for Kevin O’Dea (1-0), who scattered three hits in as many stanzas of relief. Wheeler (0-2) was saddled...
...When our pitchers are throwing first-pitch strikes,” he said, “that helps...