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...second-game shutout, Harvard scored all three runs in the sixth inning. Following a pair of walks and a sacrifice bunt, freshman Jennifer Francis hit a one-out double to right-center that scored two runs. Immediately after gaining the lead, sophomore catcher Hayley Bock pinch hit for freshman third baseman Melissa Schellberg, knocking in Francis on a single to left for the third Crimson...
...double by junior outfielder Tom Stack-Babich, plated two runs.The Crimson would pick up two more in the third on another pair of Bulldog miscues and score again in the sixth on yet another error.Harvard almost scored another run in the sixth with two outs when freshman pinch-hitter Dan Zailskas popped up to Yale pitcher Stefan Schropp. Schropp nearly collided with his catcher on a miscommunication and barely made the catch. The play encapsulated the sort of day the Bulldogs endured, and Schropp could not help but throw his hat to the ground in disgust and storm back...
...three runs in the fifth.Harvard got those three runs back in the top of the sixth, thanks to a solo home run by freshman designated player Lauren Murphy, and a two-run shot by senior left fielder Susie Winkeller. But with the bases loaded later in the inning, freshman pinch hitter Jessica Pledger grounded out to short to end the threat.Murphy hit her team-high 10th homer of the season in the top of the seventh, but no other Crimson player reached base in that frame as Cornell finalized the sweep.CORNELL 9, HARVARD 8The Big Red scored five times...
Twice Wright State reduced the Crimson lead to one, but could never tie it up. In the bottom of the seventh, the Raiders’ Allison Cox led off with a walk, but Harvard sophomore catcher Hayley Bock fired a quick throw down to first to pick off pinch runner Jacqueline Macy...
...touched Harvard’s No. 1, Haviland, for 12 hits as it built a 5-0 lead. The Crimson only rallied against closer Jake Hale, who had blanked Dartmouth for two-plus innings in a game earlier that day. Harvard put two runners on in the ninth before pinch hitter Prince strode to the plate and launched a three-run homer to right field.After another base hit, the Crimson had the tying run at the plate, but Hale retired pinch hitter Taylor Meehan to end it.—Staff writer Jonathan Lehman can be reached at jlehman@fas.harvard.edu...