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...tired Harvard team that dropped the opener, 6-0, before coming back in the nightcap, 6-1, at Princeton Monday. What other explanation can there be for Tiger Steve Kordish's two-bitter in the opener? Kordish, then 2-4, faced a squad that boasts a .310 team batting average and produces almost eight runs per game. Even a curve ball that consistently finds the strike zone and a fast ball to back it up don't appear enough to stop a lineup like Harvard's under normal conditions...
...twinball yesterday at Annapolis, Md. the Crimson bested defending EIBL champion Navy in the opener, 5-3, before playing the Midshipmen to a 3-3 tie in the darkness-shortened nightcap...
...third inning of the nightcap, storms swept the field and the Crimson was building an early lead. Elliott Rivera singled to right, Bauer doubled to left, and Farrell, who went four-for-seven on the day, came through with the RBIs once again. The senior first baseman belted a double to center that scored both runners. Farrell moved to third when Martelli flew out, then scored on a Baldocchi-passed ball to lift the batmen to a 3-0 advantage. Harvard, 5-3 at Annapolis, Md. Harvard 200 030 0--5 6 1 Navy...
...batmen had summer jobs to take, papers to write...and even a nightcap with the Huskies still to come...
Farrell's first-inning slam was one of few Crimson bright spots in the nightcap, the batmen's first setback of the 1983 campaign. Harvard took the opener, 6-5, and finished the day with a 6-1 record, while UMass bolstered its mark to 4-11 with a 10-7 decision in the late game...