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...least that's what the Harvard baseball team is hoping. Although the stud pitchers--Columbia's Kurt Lundgren, Cornell's Greg Myers. Navy's Jim McMurtry--toil else-where in the Eastern League, no squad has a staff as deep, from top to bottom, as Alex Nahigian's Crimson. And with the revamped EIBL schedule calling for back-to-back, weekend double-headers, every team will have to unearth a fourth starter and third reliever every Sunday...
...Nahigian has no hesitations about manning the left side of the infield with two freshmen, so if highly recruited Vierra can stay healthy (a recurring back problem has sidelined him periodically) and get hot at the plate. Bauer will remain at second. If not, look for the shift to third...
...cancellations mean that Harvard will open the season with back-to-back doubleheaders, forcing Coach Alex Nahigian to utilize a four-man pitching rotation right away. While all three freshmen hurlers have pitched well this spring, the rotation probably fell into place yesterday when junior Billy Larson, whose eligibility had been in doubt, received word he will be able to compete...
Larson's return means that the pitchers responsible for all 17 of Harvard's wins last year are back, as well as senior John Sorich (0-0), who led the team in ERA. While Nahigian is far from set on a regular schedule. Doyle, Brown, Larson and Curtin should be the four starters in the early going, with Sorich. Mike Smerczysnki and the freshmen operating out of the bullpen...
...Nahigian needs no magic to find his starter, Junior Greg Brown gets the nod on the mound, and Nahigian says, "should go five or six innings depending on the weather...