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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Keeping up to the hard hitting standards that have been in evidence during the last few games, Harvard's baseball team outplayed the Rhode Island Staters 9 to 3 yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field. Both teams had their moments of wildness, while the unconservative style of play put on by the visiting nine provided considerable excitement for the onlookers. Taylor proved quite effective as the Harvard pitcher, performing like a veteran against the scrappy but none too powerful batters of the losers...
After a good deal of loose playing which made it look as though the error columns were going to be long for both sides, the last out of the first inning was finally made with the score 2 to 2. An error by Mays, a squeeze play by the Rhode Islanders, followed by a base hit by Martynik, opposing pitcher, garnered the visitors two runs in the opening half of this frame. In Harvard's half of the inning McCaffrey started things off by receiving a pass. McGrath hit safely, and advanced to third on Ticknor's sacrifice fly, later...
...visitors knocked two easy rollers to Taylor for two outs, and ended the inning with a fly to Ticknor at left field. Lupien started Harvard's half of the frame by driving out a long fly to right field, a ball which proved too much for Pray of Rhode Island, who juggled the sphere for a long enough time to let the batter circle the bases. Sheldon hit safely, after which Martynik took a brace and struck out Mays and Taylor. Passes to McCaffrey and McGrath filled the bases, but Cragan pulled his team out of a bad hole...
...Rhode Island Ties Count
...first half of the third Rhode Island made the count 3 to 3 when two Harvard errors let in a run. With two outs Taylor passed up Goff, who proceeded to steal second on the next pitch. Sheldon had signalled for a pitchout, but once the ball was in his hands he threw over May's head, allowing Goff to continue to third. With a runner on third, Martynik drove a hard grounder to Wood, who was unable to field the ball cleanly, and Goff scored, Martynik stretching his base hit for two bases. In the midst of this confusion...