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Things were back to normal in the nightcap. Martelli again stepped into the batter's box with one out and the bases full of teammates. The senior catcher singled in leadoff man Bruce Weller to give Harvard the lead it would never relinquish. The next inning it was Captain Bauer performing the honors, singling in Weller. Farrell followed with an RBI hit of its own and the Crimson lead...
...batmen wasted no time giving Larson a lead. Leadoff man Bruce Weller walked and Brad Bauer followed suit. Then Ed Farrell who started the day with a three-game home run string, nearly extended his streak to four-blasting a ball deep into the power alley in left-center. The ball bounced up against the fence, both baserunners scored and Farrell wound up at second...
...runs narrowed the Harvard lead to 5-3, and two more in the sixth tied the game at five apiece. But in the top of the seventh, the Crimson scraped up a run on an Elliott Rivera leadoff walk, a Bauer sacrifice bunt, a Vinnie Martelli single and a Don Allard squeeze to put Harvard...
...Huskies got their leadoff man aboard again in the third, and Larson once more got some help from his outfield. UConn shortstop Ed McMillan rode the first Larson offering 400 feet into center field, but Bruce Weller came through with a one-handed grab to prevent an extra-base...
Bauer's two blasts were nearly identical. Both at-bats the senior second baseman stepped to the plate with two down and leadoff man Brace Weller at second base. And though he waited till the third pitch in the third and the second offering in the sixth, the results were the same--shots well beyond the left field fence...