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...throw a strike home, and we’d still be playing. But it’s about making plays, and we didn’t make enough of them.”For the second time in the game, Walsh made the decision to intentionally walk Huskies leadoff man Mike Tamsin to face Lyon, who leads his team with a .405 batting average and 29 RBIs this season. Walsh figured that passing the left-handed Tamsin gave his right-handed starters the advantage against the righty Lyon, and his strategy worked to perfection the first time around?...
...Crimson benefited greatly from solid hitting at the top of its order. O’Neill, the leadoff hitter, reached base safely in all six plate appearances and Meehan went 5-for-6 with three RBI and three stolen bases. Meehan is now batting .343 and leads Harvard with 23 hits...
...spin,” captain Shelly Madick said. “Hopefully it will carry us through.” HARVARD 8, HOLY CROSS 0After a close first game, Harvard did not wait long to start scoring in the second match-up. In the top of the first, freshman leadoff hitter Emily Henderson drew a walk and then promptly stole second for her 17th stolen base of the year. Two batters later junior Hayley Bock knocked an RBI double that scored Henderson. Just like that the Crimson was on the board. Bock crossed the plate later in the first when...
...trying to carry the team,” Walsh said. “I’m just hoping he can relax a little bit.”This weekend, Walsh plans to take Vance out of the middle of the lineup and place him back in the leadoff spot, where the speedy senior thrived in his first three years at Harvard. The Crimson skipper is confident that a change of scenery will get Vance back on the right track.“He’s hit for three years and I think when it?...
...woes continued: Vance went 0-for-3 with a walk, and grounded into two double plays. The second—a comebacker to the pitcher that turned into a 1-4-3 twin killer—erasing senior Taylor Meehan, who had singled to put a much-needed leadoff man on for Harvard in the bottom of the ninth...