Word: rubin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Defensively, even the usual magic of freshman pitcher Gerri Rubin was missing. The Chieftains pointed the sky, exploding for 10 hits against the yardling...
...Chieftains wasted little time accumulating their hits as shortstop Nancy Smith pounded Rubin's second pitch of the game for a single into left. After retiring the next butter. Rubin allowed another would-be single that got by left fielder Mary MacKinnon and rolled into deep left field. That misplayed triple knocked in the first of three runs in the inning...
Even though Rubin attempted to adjust her pitching, moving the ball inside and out and throwing some off-speeders, the Chieftains, aided by some more suspect Harvard fielding, continued to amass runs--they scored four runs in the third and another in the fifth before their bats went silent...
...Rubin will be backed up by a defense that has been constantly improving over the season, despite still unmet expectations. Led by the strong arm of freshman catcher Chris Lahey and the fielding of Landya Boyer, the Crimson defense has stumbled only twice in eight games, making key fielding plays in the other six victories...
...defensive strength will also help boost Rubin's pitching for the Crimson Comments Wentzell. "A lot of it [the title hopes] rests on Gerri's shoulders and on our defense. If we are making good plays it really pumps her [Rubin...