Word: larson
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Saturday, Bill Larson thought he had the same problem on his hands. The junior, who had not pitched anywhere in 11 months, threw six tremendous innings, allowing just two singles and no runs. Unfortunately, there was a seventh inning sandwiched in there that sounded like the 1812 Overture--five cannon shots (including three homers and a triple) in the five-run second frame that put the Crimson on the short end of things until late afternoon...
After flailing at Craig Michael's sneaky-fast emissions for three innings, Larson's mates rapped home three runs in the fourth, two more in the fifth, and the eventual gamewinner (on a Chicarello sacrifice fly) in the sixth...
...Larson flirted with disaster in the Navy seventh, but Chris Schindler caught Jon Mullican's fly to left to end things with a runner on second in Harvard's only happy ending of the weekend...
Probable first-game starter Billy Doyle has not pitched since the squad returned from Florida two weeks ago, while Bill Larson missed the Florida trip and has not faced anybody at all since last year...
...slate this weekend at Soldiers Field, playing host to perennial league power Navy in a doubleheader Saturday afternoon, and coming back with a twin-bill against improving Princeton on Sunday. Junior Bill Doyle and senior Jim Curtin will pitch against the Midshipmen, and freshman Jeff Musselman and junior Bill Larson will take the mound against the Tigers...