Word: innings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Only a windblown grand slam in the second inning kept the Eagles in the contest, as Crimson batters abused five B.C. pitchers for 15 hits, eight of them for extra bases...
...things started out, the Crimson's slugging clinic was necessary. B.C. jumped to a 4-0 lead in the blink of an eye when Harvard starter Rob Alevizos lost his concentration in the second inning, walking three straight batters before serving up a juicy outside fastball to weak-hitting second baseman Chuck Mitchell. Mitchell launched an arching parabola to deep right field that a sympathetic gust of wind carried over the fence for a home run and an instant four-run lead...
With the score tied at 4-all in that inning, B.C. pushed a runner to second base and then brought him around to take a 5-4 lead when centerfielder Ed Follen ripped Alevizos's injury-inducing pitch up the middle for an RBI single...
Keyte got out of a ninth-inning jam when Kelley turned a nifty double play to end the game and give Harvard its 18th win in 30 outings...
Only when Harvard coach Alex Nahigian began substituting liberally in the fifth inning was Yale able to stem the Harvard tide. An Eli with the improbable name of Ronnie "not so" Darling was the only Yale pitcher not tagged for a run during the afternoon, as he held Harvard scoreless for four innings before being relieved in the eighth...