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...give Darling, the finest college pitcher in the East, an 11-run lead before he put toe to rubber. The Elis held on, of course, taking a 14-2 decision in the opener of yesterday's doubleheader and riding Joe Impagliazzo's four-hit pitching to seal the nightcap, 4-2. What began as a weekend of promise on Friday has, two rain-days and two losses later, turned into a nightmare for Harvard...
...which puts a good deal of pressure on Greg Brown, a young man with no worse credentials than a no-hitter in his last start. Brown will face Darling in today's opener, with Jim Curtin battling Joe Impagliazzo in the nightcap. Not only does Brown have to worry about matching Darling, who simply might not allow a run, but he also must face Darling the hitter--along with Rich Diana, Yale's hottest...
...victory over Chicago yesterday in a game delayed an hour and a half by rain. In other baseball highlights: Andre Dawson's three hits helped Montreal defeat New York in the first game of a doubleheader, 4-3, but Dave Kingman's three-run homer in the nightcap propelled the Mets to a 7-2 victory in the nightcap...
...opener, Lockenmeyer (Who entered the game at 2-1, 1.06) nearly no-hit the Crimson surrendering only a sixth inning single to Brad Bauer on the way to a 4-1 victory. But despite a tentative start against Tiger Steve Kordish in the nightcap, the sleepy Harvard bats put together two runs on one hit in the third, and awoke to add five insurance runs in the last two frames to give Brown his first win of the young season...
With Chuck Marshall gone for the afternoon on personal business. Martelli picked up the first baseman's mitt for the "third and fourth times in my life" and died a fine job. Paul Scheper, in left field for the nightcap, ranged far into the pasture to corral a lead-off blast by Princeton's Bill Miller in the fourth, and freshman secondsacker Lyman had a near-perfect day, missing only a vaguely catchable ball that fell between him and center fielder Bruce Welfer for a harmless single...