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...Eagles in an afternoon game yesterday at O’Donnell Field. Junior Terry Doyle and senior Ted Ratliff shut down the Crimson (10-12, 5-3 Ivy) with excellent breaking balls and solid fastballs, allowing just six hits on the day—all to the top four hitters in the Harvard lineup. “I was really surprised to see Doyle and Ratliff with the weekend coming up,” Crimson coach Joe Walsh said. “I consider those guys [BC’s] two best. Two very good curveball guys and I wasn?...
...it’s not just his height that draws attention to the towering middle hitter...
Senior and fellow middle hitter Andy Nelson had a particularly significant impact on Weissbourd...
...called short. “We just talked about stringing some this together, coming out strong, making some adjustments, and putting the pressure on them offensively,” Allard said. The Crusaders only real scoring opportunity came in the top of the fourth when Roberts walked the leadoff hitter. Two outs later, on a well fielded line drive and a strike out, Roberts walked another batter to put runners at first and second. However, the fifth Holy Cross hitter of the inning put the ball down the third base line and was easily thrown out at first...
...runs in the fifth.Harvard got those three runs back in the top of the sixth, thanks to a solo home run by freshman designated player Lauren Murphy, and a two-run shot by senior left fielder Susie Winkeller. But with the bases loaded later in the inning, freshman pinch hitter Jessica Pledger grounded out to short to end the threat.Murphy hit her team-high 10th homer of the season in the top of the seventh, but no other Crimson player reached base in that frame as Cornell finalized the sweep.CORNELL 9, HARVARD 8The Big Red scored five times...