Word: hitter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...high jinks tend to obscure the excellence of his somewhat unorthodox style. Pointing his feet to the left and swinging to the right, he has a flat chopping stroke that sends his drives off the tee like sharp singles to center field. Dead center field, that is. No power hitter, he makes up in accuracy what he lacks in distance. "The only time Lee's off the fairway," says Archer, "is when he's answering the phone." As for his short game, few if any of the pros surpass his skill at, as he puts it, "dropping the ball...
Kelly, who had shut-out the Big Red in Ithaca, came back with a two-hitter and Harvard delivered just enough offense to earn one run, and more than enough defense to win the Eastern League title and a place in the NCAA record book...
Sophomore Crimson pitcher Roswell Brayton matched Rabouin's effort and had a no-hitter going until the sixth, but Harvard could not produce the tying run despite ample opportunities in the bottom of the sixth and the ninth...
...Crimson almost conjured up the tying run in the bottom of the ninth with two men out. Kevin Hampe walked on a 3 and 2 pitch as a pinch-hitter, then stole second. Tim Bilodeau followed with a high bounder over the pitcher's mound and miraculously beat the throw to first by diving at the bag from five feet away to put runners on first and third...
Kelly had a one-hitter going until the ninth inning, when he gave up three hits-and the lone run-to the bottom of the BYU batting order. He got himself out of the jam, though, by collecting one of his two strikeouts to end the game with the tying run at the plate...