Word: whitton
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...Whitton made improbable comebacks probable...
That moment summed up the mixed success of Whitton’s season. Harvard was trailing in the game largely because Whitton had failed to preserve a 2-1 lead after coming on in relief...
...really felt like I owed it to the team,” Whitton said. “We worked so hard today and my pitching performance wasn’t really there. I gave what I had, but my pitches weren’t breaking, and [Princeton] was a good-hitting team, so they hit the ball hard. I can’t thank my teammates enough for rallying...
...Whitton never took the mound again for the rest of the season, instead focusing her energies where she could do the most to help the team—at the plate...
...ever hit. In a doubleheader against Penn the day after the Princeton game, the Quakers pitched around her in Game One and got burned by her teammates. In Game Two, they decided they had no choice but to pitch to her. Whitton promptly pounded three home runs out of the park, tying the long-standing NCAA single-game home run record...