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...Walsh decided to start senior John Birtwell in game one of the doubleheader. Birtwell has been Harvard's best pitcher for the past three seasons and entered yesterday's game with a 4-3 record and a 2.43 ERA. The Big Green jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning after leadoff hitter Scott Shirrell hit a line-drive triple in the right field corner. Jason Dacosta drove him in with a sacrifice fly to left field to give Dartmouth a quick one-run advantage...
...Nickerson has been a thorn in our side for five years," Walsh said of Nickerson, a fifth-year senior and engineering major. "If Nyweide had given up a single, I would have taken him out and gone with Birtwell. Instead, Nickerson hits the homerun, and now it's too late...
...with a double on the play, had proved himself on Saturday to be a clutch performer. With two-outs in the eighth inning, trailing 5-2 in Saturday's second game, Nickerson hit a three-run shot over the fence in left field to tie the ballgame. Coach Walsh knew that Nickerson was a dangerous hitter and talked with Birtwell after Mileusnic's double...
...pitcher Justin Nyweide recorded consecutive outs to begin the eighth inning. Four outs away from splitting the series at one apiece and stealing a victory on the road, Nyweide showed his first signs of fatigue. Mike Levy singled to left field followed by a Mileusnic single to right. Coach Walsh, who had Birtwell warming up in case Nyweide's arm became too tired, decided to stick with the junior pitcher for at least one more batter. Walsh called for a change-up on the first pitch to Nickerson, who erased Harvard's comfortable three-run lead with one swing...
Sitting in the dugout yesterday, Harvard Coach Joe Walsh was forced to acknowledge one of the harsher implications of the Crimson's elimination from the Ivy League playoffs...