Word: struck
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...made a couple of shots earlier on, it would’ve been a different game. We just made too many mistakes on both ends of the field, and they took advantage of them.” Things started off slowly for both teams, but the Tigers struck first on a man-up goal just under five minutes into the game. Determined to keep pace, the Crimson battled back with goals from Gibbons, rookie Terry White, and co-captain Max Motschwiller to put three on the board and take a 3-2 lead into the second frame...
...good effort from sophomore starter Zach Hofeld and strong defensive play, the Crimson struggled to match its opponent’s offense against Eagles freshman hurler Mike Dennhardt. The hard-throwing righty—who, accoring to Walsh, reached speeds above 90 mph in high school—struck out three of the first six batters he faced and allowed four earned runs over 5.1 innings to improve to 3-0 on the season...
...point in the inning, ten consecutive Yale players reached base safely. The seven runs were all Yale needed against Harvard, which left seven runners on base for the game.Star freshman pitcher Rachel Brown—who was perfect for the first three innings—lasted 3.2 frames. She struck out five Bulldogs and allowed two earned runs. In 3.1 innings of relief work, freshman Marika Zumbro gave up no earned runs.The Crimson players, who have failed to score a run in four of their past seven contests, are hopeful their bats will come alive when they play Yale again...
...from O’Hara guaranteed the Crimson a split. “It was a great clutch play by O’Hara to end the ballgame,” Walsh said.YALE 4, HARVARD 2The Crimson managed only six hits against Bulldogs’ starter Brandon Josselynm, who struck out six in his complete game win.Even when the Crimson did get men on base, the runners were often stranded. Harvard left seven men on base in the game.In the second, a tough third strike was called on sophomore centerfielder Dillon O’Neill with runners on the corners...
...strong language used by Obama struck some observers as the sort of black-and-white rhetoric he usually avoids - and that his predecessor had embraced. Many Catholics, including New York Times columnist Peter Steinfels, embraced the critique leveled by Slate writer William Saletan (a non-Catholic). "Proponents of embryo research are insisting that because we're in a life-and-death struggle - in this case, a scientific struggle - anyone who impedes that struggle by renouncing effective tools is irrational and irresponsible," wrote Saletan. "The war on disease is like the war on terror. Either you're with science...