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True, the Red Sox slugger broke out of a truly embarrassing slump over the weekend, but he did so against the Texas Rangers, the second-worst team in the Major Leagues. And even with that, Ortiz - whose big smile and clutch hitting over the past five years have made him arguably the most popular player in all of baseball - has hit just two home runs in 79 at bats and is batting a meager .177. Fewer than a dozen AL starters have worse numbers...
...that it’s easy to drop one. We were really focused going into the last game. We were on a mission.”HARVARD 7, YALE 3In the fourth and final game of the weekend series, Harvard claimed victory, sweeping Yale on its own turf. Sophomore slugger Lauren Murphy knocked in four runs, going 2-for-2 with two walks. After back-to-back singles by freshman Ellen Macadam and junior Hayley Bock, Murphy drove them in on a single to center in the opening inning. In the third, Murphy launched one down the left field line...
...many days against the Bulldogs—allowed Harvard to pad its lead in the fourth. Harvard coach Joe Walsh had placed Kramer in the cleanup spot in his lineup, hoping to capitalize on the senior’s recent hot streak at the plate with senior slugger Tom Stack-Babich out of the lineup due to injury.“We’ve been needing a guy to step up and get some RBIs for us in that four-hole, and Kramer did that today,” Vance said. —Staff writer Emily W. Cunningham...
...been, in his past 20 innings or so, pretty unhittable.”Harvard’s hurlers will face a formidable challenge against a hard-hitting Yale lineup, led by the power and speed combination of catcher Ryan Lavarnaway and outfielder Josh Cox. Lavarnaway, a feared slugger since he first stepped up to the plate in the Ivy League, is having a monster season for the Bulldogs, having crushed 13 long balls and driven in 38 runs, totals which easily pace the Ancient Eight.“We’d like to not let him beat...
...middle of its lineup will have to become a force once again. With Wilson playing in the minor leagues and questions surrounding a talented but injury-plagued freshman class, Harvard has to receive production from some of its returning players other than Vance.Among the cast of would-be sluggers, Stack-Babich appears the most likely to take the lead role.Once a highly touted prospect for Wake Forest, Stack-Babich redshirted his freshman year. with the Demon Deacons. After the coach who recruited him retired and new skipper Rick Rembielak appeared intent on starting fresh with his own hand-picked players...