Word: pickoffs
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...That was undoubtably a turning point right there," Harvard coach Alex Nahigian said after the game. And when Larson and second baseman Gaylord Lyman finally connected on their much-practiced pickoff play moments later, trapping Pete Rappa off second for the final out, Columbia's most dangerous rally was extinguished...
Carlton struggled through the Astros' seventh, allowing two hits. A neat pickoff throw by catcher Bob Boone short-circuited the Houston rally and then, in the bottom of the seventh, Phillies Manager Dallas Green lifted his top starter for a pinch-hitter...
...defensive back made his second pickoff early in the third quarter, when he shadowed Fahnestock perfectly on a long post pattern to the Harvard goal line. Army quarterback Jerryl Bennett, under heavy pressure at the Harvard 31, slightly underthrew Fahnestock and Delgadillo leapt up and grabbed the potential touchdown away...
...second, catcher Wark threw out five Eckert baserunners (four would-be base-stealers and one pickoff), but the Floridians coasted to a 6-0 victory at the expense of three Harvard pitchers, including eventual loser Bill Larson...
...Pirates added two more in the seventh. Omar Moreno singled, and seampered to second on an errant pickoff attempt. Moments later, his sprint proved unnecessary when Tim Foli tripled to left-center. Foli then trotted home on a Dave Parker double, for a 4-1 lead...