Word: strikeout
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...Denton, Texas, freshman pitcher Rachel Brown stepped into the circle for the Harvard softball team. It was Opening Day, and Brown had gotten the call. Kansas leadoff batter Stevie Cristoso came to the plate, and before long, was caught looking as the ball sizzled past her for the first strikeout of Brown’s career.The freshman couldn’t have asked for a better start—or an out more representative of her rookie season.“Strikeouts, that has kind of been my pattern the last few years,” Brown said...
...Harvard softball team was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year in a league announcement last Thursday. Brown, a pitcher, made the All-Ivy First Team, one of the Crimson’s six all-league selections. In her rookie season, Brown shattered the Harvard single-season strikeout record, recording 211 on the season. Her total was tops in the league, and she ranks ninth nationally with 9.8 strikeouts per game, another Crimson single-season record. Brown finished the season with a 16-7 record and a 1.49 ERA in 28 appearances. Her four saves were good for 10th...
...outs, an RBI double from senior Johnathon Santopadre pulled the Big Green to within one run, but a good throw from Rogers held the tying run at third. Walsh showed faith in his rookie hurler by leaving him in the game, and Hulse repaid his coach by getting a strikeout. He then intentionally walked the next batter to load the bases, before a big double play kept the Crimson lead intact.“Conner put us in a place to get a lot of ground balls,” Walsh said. “He’s throwing...
...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 at the top of the second...
...center field and Francis following up with an RBI single of her own, making the score 6-3.HARVARD 7, DARTMOUTH 3Brown once again stole the show in the opener, pitching her 14th complete game of the season for an eight-hit victory. But it was her routine first-inning strikeout of the Big Green’s Nikki Yee that put Brown in the Harvard record books, setting a new single-season benchmark for strikeouts. She finished the day with 10 on the afternoon and 192 on the season.“It’s an awesome feeling...