Word: inning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This was an exasperating game. There was a one-hour wait for the umpires' arrival at Soldiers Field, one inning umped by a guy in street clothes, 25 hits, eight errors, two wild pitches and a balk (in the same inning), a pair of intentional walks to get to Harvard's hottest hitter, and a game-saving relief stint by Harvard's number two starting pitcher...
Stenhouse started the eighth-inning rally with a two-out triple (his second of the game, sixth of the season) to right-center off Tufts southpaw Art Georgeu. Jumbo coach Bill Samko then made the mysterious decision to intentionally walk Harvard cleanup hitter Mark Bingham, a left-handed batter, to get to Peccerillo, a righty who had stung the ball all day and had--unbeknownst to Samko--been hitting .500 the past week...
...gusting winds--wen to the showers, in the eighth when Ronnie Perry singled, advanced to second on a sacrifice by the cleanup hitter, and scored when first baseman Bingham fielded a grounder cleanly but threw past Keyte covering first. Steward struck out slugger Rick Allen to end the inning and keep Harvard within three...
...NOTEBOOK: Football captain Steve Potysman came up with the best line of the year by a spectator yesterday, when Crusader basketball star and shortstop Ronnie Perry bobbled a grounder for a fifth inning error. "Somebody should tell him he doesn't have to dribble it first." Poty said. at Soldiers Field HOLY CROSS AB R H BI Colombo 2b 5 0 2 3 Verrette 1f 3 1 0 0 Perry ss 4 2 2 0 Solomon 3b 4 0 2 1 Holiver dh 5 0 1 1 Daigneault dh 1 0 0 0 Allen c 4 0 0 0 Johnson...
...runner was tagged out. Games also tended to be high-scoring. In 1870 the Harvard nine was the top amateur team in the country and played a barnstorming tour against professional clubs. In a game against a team from Lockport, N.Y., Harvard scored 36 runs in the third inning. The game was adjourned for a visit to Niagara Falls with the score...