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Rhode Island leadoff hitter Dan Hayden was a sparkplug for the Rams, opening the game by drawing a walk off of Harvard senior hurler Brendan Reed. Hayden promptly stole second and two batters later took off for third. The throw from senior catcher Brian Lentz seemed to be in time, but it bounced off freshman Josh Klimkiewicz’s glove into left field. Hayden came around to score an unearned...
After limiting the Crusaders (2-13) to no hits and the minimum three batters in the top of the first inning, Harvard came out with a spark as sophomore leadoff hitter Lauren Stefanchik was walked and then stole second. Stefanchik reached third by an illegal pitching motion by Holy Cross senior pitcher Megan Manner. It was a solid grounder through the middle of the infield by senior first baseman Tiffany Whitton that drove Stefanchik home and put the Crimson...
...after the Golden Panthers’ leadoff man reached on an error, Harvard coach Joe Walsh went to Wahlberg. The Crimson closer walked the first batter he faced, then gave up a two-run double to Skipton Adams. Those runs proved to be the difference, as Harvard dropped to 3-6 on the season...
...hoping to see second and third with one out,” Morris says as Cardinals leadoff hitter Fernando Viña grounds out to shortstop, “because something comes out in Markovian theory that’s very interesting. When the third-base runner sees the ball hit on the ground to second base, he has to make an instinctive calculation whether try for home. The question is, what is the probability he will score that would justify going? If it’s greater than 7 percent”—he pauses to emphasize...
...eyes away from the television—unless you’re Carl Morris, who is tracking the inning’s evolution on his expected-runs table. Only after announcing that the Giants should score 2.4 runs in this inning does Morris pick up his head to watch leadoff man Kenny Lofton battle Cardinals starter Chuck Finley...