Word: hitter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Northeastern's Brian Baldwin was equal to the challenge, holding Harvard to a single over eight innings after Crimson designated hitter Jim DePalo's two-run homer in the first...
Huskie Jerry Nelson led off the game with a walk and second baseman Jim Mealey followed with a single, both runners moving up on the throw. With runners on second and third, right fielder John Griffin bounced out to second, scoring Nelson. Cleanup hitter Paul DiPillo followed with a single, driving in Mealey...
With two down, Crimson catcher Gia Barresi hit a lazy line drive to left, which dropped in front of Montuori. Cleanup hitter Trisha Brown followed with a single to center, and Sharon Hayes drove Barresi home with a skimmer just beyond the reach of Eagle shortstop Robin LaBrecque...
...Niekro threw the last N.L. no-hitter on Sept. 26, 1983 against Montreal...
...formerly of the Los Angeles Dodgers, whose father served as the Brooklyn Dodgers' springtime bus driver in the '50s. Rising from Dodger batboy to star of the team, Garvey prepared Tampa well for its improbable position now as producer of both the most effective pitcher and the most efficient hitter in baseball: the Mets right-hander Gooden and the Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs. One, the National League Cy Young Award winner by acclamation last year (24-4 record, 268 strikeouts, 1.53 earned-run average); the other, the American League batting champion by 33 points...