Word: pickoff
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second half things got no better. The teams traded interceptions in their first possessions, and when Columbia took over on the Harvard 48 after a Dave Nickerson pickoff, the Lions began the drive that put the Crimson away, or so the partisan crowd thought...
...bottom of the inning, a leadoff double, a walk, an errant pickoff throw and a single, allowed the Tigers to tie the score with nobody...
...when the Judges knocked Curtin out of the box in the fourth with a pair of walks, and reached Smerczynski for a walk, single and two botched pickoff plays to tie the score and load the bases. Bauer converted a Brian Isaac grounder into two big outs, with the help of a nifty stretch by Marshall at the receiving...
...That was undoubtably a turning point right there," Harvard coach Alex Nahigian said after the game. And when Larson and second baseman Gaylord Lyman finally connected on their much-practiced pickoff play moments later, trapping Pete Rappa off second for the final out, Columbia's most dangerous rally was extinguished...
Carlton struggled through the Astros' seventh, allowing two hits. A neat pickoff throw by catcher Bob Boone short-circuited the Houston rally and then, in the bottom of the seventh, Phillies Manager Dallas Green lifted his top starter for a pinch-hitter...