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Harvard's nickle-and-dime attack made its debut with two outs in the second inning. Right fielder Scott Vierra drew a walk, shortstop Tony DiCesare reached on an error, and second baseman Gaylord Lyman slapped on the single to center. The ball got by center fielder Larry Hill, allowing DiCesare to score and Lyman to reach third...
...offense, the muscle problem looks a little different. Last year's Eastern League champions lost more than half their RBIs and more than half their home runs to graduation. Nahigian will look to Rivera, Scott Vierra, Bruce Weller, Mickey Maspons and Jim DePalo to replace the missing punch...
...injury didn't hurt Rivera's hitting. He led last year's team in sacrifices (19) and steals (six) and leads returning players in hits (34) and homers tied with Maspons and Vierra at (four). He batted third over the summer and will begin this year at clean...
Outfield: Only Don Allard is gone from last year's team. Junior Scott Vierra (.299) will move over from left to right. Senior Bruce Weller (.294) will play center against lefties and left against righthanders. Sophomore Paul Vallone (.194) will play center against righthanders. Juniors Chris McAndrews and Jay McNamara (.243) should also see some action...
...Vierra will move up in the batting order from nine to five or six. He leads returning players in RBIs (24) doubles (six) and homers (tied with Maspons and Rivera at four). "I have to drive in a lot more runs," he says. "I'll just be looking to hit the ball hard...