Word: hitter
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...high point of my athletic career. In those days, I boasted an impressive array of pitches: slow and slower. I was more concerned with location, working the corners of the super-wide strike zone and making sure I didn’t walk the runny-nosed number eight hitter who had absolutely no intention of moving the bat from his shoulder...
Later, in a post-game interview, junior Jake Bruton, on the heels of two scoreless innings in which he displayed a ruthless curveball, admitted that freezing a hitter with a curve is “one of the best feelings ever...
...victory over Princeton last month. As a team, the Crimson ranks fourth in the league with a 5.58 ERA.Yet, by the numbers, the Harvard pitching staff should have no problem with the toothless Tigers offense. As a team, Princeton is batting only .273 and has only one individual hitter ranked in the top 15 in the Ivy League—Aaron Prince, with a .345 mark. In its two losses to the Crimson earlier this year, the Tigers managed only three runs on 15 hits. Princeton’s strength lies in its pitching and defense, both of which...
...inconsistent outing, the pitching on the whole was a plus for the squad. “It was kind of a staff day,” Bruton said. “You build off the guy that’s throwing in front of you. It gives the hitters a different look each time so it’s pretty effective for us.” The Terriers added to their margin with a single run in the seventh off Mike Dukovich, but Harvard responded in the eighth with a run-scoring single off the bat of designated hitter Matt...
...other side, centerfielder Will Bashelor, Dartmouth’s best hitter, was in the middle of the squad’s run-scoring innings and an eternal thorn in Castellanos’ side. He stroked an RBI triple in the third and came in to score on Damon Wright’s sacrifice fly. And his double, with help from Mackey’s bobble in left field, brought in another run to make it 3-0 in the fifth...