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...squad gutted out a gritty victory, sparked by the late-inning heroics that have been the trademark of Harvard’s victories this season. Captain Harry Douglas tripled home two runs in the top of the 10th and senior Tom Stack-Babich pitched 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief to give Harvard a 6-4 win in Game 2.“After the first game we wanted to show that we were going to play with some heart,” Douglas said. “We wanted to come out hard...
...later innings,” freshman pitcher Rachel Brown said. “I really thought we were going to pull it out, and we’re obviously disappointed that we didn’t.”Brown, who started Game 1 and pitched in relief in the second, finished the day with 11 strikeouts. Her season total of 203 strikeouts far surpasses the previous all-time single season strikeout record of 182 to make her the first pitcher in Harvard history to pass the 200-strikeout mark.DARTMOUTH 5, HARVARD 2While the Big Green managed to score twice...
...Stack-Babich defended the move, saying, “I guess there was a potential balk, but I thought I stepped off.”The umpires agreed with the Crimson reliever, refusing to grant an extra base. Stack-Babich went on to pitch two scoreless innings of relief, silencing Dartmouth and earning his first victory of the season.—Staff writer Max N. Brondfield can be reached at mbrondf@fas.harvard.edu...
...this happens at a time when Harare cannot supply safe water to its citizens. Had it not been for international relief organizations, many fear, the death toll from the cholera outbreak would have been much higher, perhaps into the tens of thousands. Cholera-related deaths per day have since gone down, but Oxfam's chief executive, Barbara Stocking, believes the crisis has not ended. Said Stocking during a recent visit to Zimbabwe: "We have to expect a cholera epidemic and outbreak to happen again at the end of this year, given that the water and sewage system is not working...
...conversation with my son that, 'You know, Charlie, you're going to have to withdraw from Grinnell,'" Frantz says. In February, he called the school to ask for more help. No definite word yet, but aid officers told him his chances are good. "That was such a huge relief for me," he says Frantz. "I can't begin to explain...