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...worked very hard on my hitting,” Stoeckel says. “I think I can offensively help the team. Not as much as the big guns like [third baseman Steffan Wilson] and Vance. But be a guy who can bunt, be a guy who can hit and run. Get hit by pitches. And then also scatter around some hits. There’s no reason why I can’t hit in the upper .200s and make a difference offensively...
...wiggled out of a bases-loaded jam. Harvard mustered a run in the fifth inning when senior Lauren Brown crossed the plate. The score was a team effort, as Brown singled up the middle to lead off the inning and advanced on a pair of sacrifices—a bunt by senior Julia Kidder and a fly by sophomore Bailey Vertovez.Unable to string more hits together, the Crimson left a total of 10 runners on base while the Lancers left only six.MIAMI (OHIO) 8, HARVARD 5In the first of yesterday’s pair of losses, Harvard buried itself early...
...John Kruk and David Wells, two rotund guys who looked like they belong in a bar league but were outstanding baseball players. Basketball teams need time to install, and perfect, complex offenses. What plays must baseball teams put in? Hitting the cut-off man? Rotating the infield on a bunt? Turning the double play? Players have been doing this stuff since Little League. It should take...
...execution of this empirical method tells us that despite Tony Womack’s 27 stolen bases last year and the potentially immeasurable contribution of his heart, desire, and veteran leadership, his .276 on-base percentage made him a virtually worthless player. It tells us that although the sacrifice bunt might be a sure sign of sound fundamentals and good old-fashioned baseball, in practice it almost always decreases the run-expectancy of an offense...
...Senior Chris Mackey drove in two more with a double and captain Morgan Brown (four RBI) capped it off with a successful squeeze bunt to give the Crimson a 14-9 cushion...