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Birmingham isn’t even the most impressive freshman hurler on the Quakers staff: Todd Roth, with a 6-1 record, 2.24 ERA, and 56 strikeouts in 60 1/3 innings, will likely double up as Rookie and Pitcher of the Year. According to Walsh, Harvard was Roth’s first-choice school, but he did not gain admission. So now he’s playing his trade in Philly...
...first at-bat on an RBI double by junior right fielder Tom Stack-Babich. Senior Andrew Casey, sophomore Jeff Stoeckel, and Wilson all singled, but the Harvard offense received a good deal of help from two crucial throwing errors by the Brown defense and a wild pitch from Bears hurler Alex Silverman. The Crimson added two more runs in the fourth, one on a solo home run from junior second baseman Griff Jenkins—filling in for injured captain Brendan Byrne—and a single run in the fifth to complete its scoring for the day.It...
...semifinal game proved to be an old-fashioned pitchers’ duel, as Bears hurler Danielle Rossman’s one run through six innings couldn’t match the combined three-hit shutout from Madick and Roberts in Harvard’s 1-0 triumph...
...often do those statistics belong to a 6’8 hurler with athleticism fit for a basketball court as much as a baseball diamond and a four-pitch arsenal at his disposal...
Martin’s performance called to mind Harvey Haddix, a good but unexceptional National League hurler, who one day in 1959 turned in arguably the greatest pitching performance in baseball history, twirling 12 perfect innings—36 up, 36 down—before dropping the decision, 1-0, in the 13th. Few remember a loser, and Haddix’s remarkable afternoon has been largely consigned to the margins of baseball lore. Martin’s heroics may end up similarly and unjustifiably overlooked...