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...Huskies will need their best hitting if they're going to win today, though, because they'll be facing Paul del Rossi. The Crimson's ace southpaw came back from the vacation tour with an almost invisible 0.60 E.R.A. in two games...
...pitcher can win without hitting, and there's some question whether del Rossi will get any today. Shortstop Tom Bilodeau, who should have been among the team's best hitters, hurt a knee sliding into home at Lynchburg--he'll be out for a while. So Jim Tobin, the best hitter on the squad at .348, will fill in for him and Bob St. George will play third, where Tobin might be otherwise. St. George had one hit during the tour...
Against Hampden-Sydney Paul del Rossi started for the Crimson, and trailed, 2-1, going into the sixth inning--an unusual experience for the ace left-hander. With two out in the sixth, captain Tom Stephenson singled to right, Gary Miller and Bob St. George walked. Sophomore Jim Tobin brought them all home with a booming triple that put Harvard in front to stay and gave del Rossi the twentieth victory of his varsity career...
...Crimson's hitting was just as unspectacular the next afternoon, but del Rossi turned in a brilliant, two-hit job that handcuffed Richmond, 2-0. The junior port-sider fanned fifteen, walked none, and yielded only two singles...
...Rossi is not the end of the pitching staff. Back in high school, Tom Rucker threw so hard that the St. Louis Cardinals reportedly offered him a good-sized bonus to play for them. A football injury that left Tom with a sore shoulder temporarily ended his professional hopes and left him a sore-armed pitcher for two years. He won three games, had an 0.72 earned-run average, and looked a lot like a big-league pitching prospect...