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In the bottom of the eighth, after a one-out single by Salsgiver and a double Farkes smoked to deep right, the Crimson had runners on second and third with junior slugger Trey Hendricks in the on-deck circle. Princeton opted to have Princeton starter Mark Siano (2-1) intentionally...
When the Big Red batters weren’t missing entirely, they were usually topping the ball, and in the final two innings, when his pitch count started to creep towards triple digits, Hendricks picked up five of six outs on grounders.
Low fastballs and lots of strikeouts were the trademarks of Ben Crockett ’02—last year’s Ivy Co-Pitcher of the Year. Though no one expects Hendricks to be Crockett, Walsh does have a legitimate No. 1 pitcher again.
Hendricks was not a frontline starting pitcher in his first two seasons and concluded last year 1-3 with a 4.66 ERA. But Walsh insists he’s not surprised with his success.
The invocation of Ben Crockett ’02, who is off to a good start in the minors, is a reminder that good things can come of the guesswork; it wasn’t long ago that Crockett and Yale’s Jon Steitz filled those stands completely...