Word: plating
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...outburst at the plate will undoubtedly boost the Crimson’s confidence as it marches deeper into the Ivy League season...
...Crimson benefited greatly from solid hitting at the top of its order. O’Neill, the leadoff hitter, reached base safely in all six plate appearances and Meehan went 5-for-6 with three RBI and three stolen bases. Meehan is now batting .343 and leads Harvard with 23 hits...
...first, freshman leadoff hitter Emily Henderson drew a walk and then promptly stole second for her 17th stolen base of the year. Two batters later junior Hayley Bock knocked an RBI double that scored Henderson. Just like that the Crimson was on the board. Bock crossed the plate later in the first when sophomore Melissa Shellberg connected for a two-out RBI single.“When [Henderson] gets on base as a leadoff it is definitely a spark,” Harvard coach Jenny Allard said. “We came out much more aggressive in the second game...
...Haven against Yale (13-16, 5-2-1 Ivy) this weekend, the Harvard lineup will have to break out of its collective slump, and quickly. Through April 6, the Crimson had scored a nation-worst 2.6 runs per game, with several of its top hitters struggling mightily at the plate, including captain Matt Vance, who, since his two-homer outing last Wednesday against Holy Cross, is 2-for-24 with 10 strikeouts. According to Harvard coach Joe Walsh, Vance has taken the burden of awakening the Crimson’s struggling lineup on as a personal challenge, to the detriment...
...From my standpoint it was a banger at the plate, and when they got up there was a little more of a collision,” Walsh added. “It’s a just a banger, hard-nosed play...