Word: grounder
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson tied it up yet again in the top of the seventh, scoring its eight run on a walk, a single, and a judgement from a benevolent umpire. Allard walked with one away, advancing to second on Chuck Marshall's grounder to third. Vinnie Martelli singled sharply to right, but Allard, trying to score on the hit, was apparently cut down by a strong throw in the plate...
...when the Judges knocked Curtin out of the box in the fourth with a pair of walks, and reached Smerczynski for a walk, single and two botched pickoff plays to tie the score and load the bases. Bauer converted a Brian Isaac grounder into two big outs, with the help of a nifty stretch by Marshall at the receiving...
Bauer knocked in the first Harvard run just three batters into the game--ripping a double that scored Bruce Walker from first--and scored the second run on a Vinnie Martelli grounder moments later...
Brown came within one pitch of his materpiece going 1-2 on Jerry Smith with two outs in the seventh before building the suspense by losing him with three straight balls. But he didn't have to wait long. Two pitches later, Gib Cater slapped a hard grounder up the middle which Brown speared and flipped to first to end the ballgame...
Like all no-hitters, this one was helped by extraordinary fielding. Donnie Allard ranged deep into the right center field gap to corral a Joel Mock smash in the fourth, and third baseman Danny Skaff made a nifts play on a sharp grounder to nail Pete Shutte an inning later. And Brown's play that ended the game ("I grabbed it off my chest") could have easily bounced through...