Word: slugfest
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...latest round in the familial slugfest began when 29-year-old Borja, who was adopted by Heinrich Thyssen when the Dutch-born Swiss industrialist married Borja's mother, showed up with a notary at the Madrid museum in early November and filed notice that he was reclaiming two paintings. Borja said that the two works - Goya's Women with Two Children in Fountain and Italian Baroque painter Corrado Giaquinto's Baptism of Christ, believed to be worth 7 million euros, were promised him as gifts by his father...
...always hard. It was pretty embarrassing.”Still, the Crimson kept its pride in the final stretch of the season, splitting a four-game weekend set with the eventual Ivy champion Big Green and capping off the year with a thrilling comeback win in a 16-13 slugfest against Northeastern.While Harvard’s final record was not ideal, the team recognizes the importance of the progress it made.“I liked our ballclub,” Walsh said. “I thought every game we had a chance. For a team that played...
...overcame an early 7-0 deficit to eventually topple the Huskies (22-16, 8-7 CAA) by a score of 16-13.“The game was pretty typical of our season,” Harvard captain Harry Douglas said. “It turned into a slugfest. But that’s the way we’ve been all year, coming back from behind.”The Crimson had been doomed by the “big inning” throughout the season, and when Northeastern put seven runs on the board in the first frame...
...rookie first baseman Whitney Shaw. “We should have prevented that runaway inning and should have just stopped the bleeding before it got bad, but we did make a good effort at the end to try to come back.”BROWN 11, HARVARD 5In a slugfest that featured a combined 20 hits and 14 walks, a pitching breakdown in the sixth gave Brown an easy victory in what had been a neck-and-neck contest.After junior Margaux Black recorded two quick outs, Bears pinch hitter Danielle Commissiong drove a double to deep center field, the first...
...best hitters in New England. We are going to pitch him very carefully—he’s the guy that scares me.”With strong hitting and a tradition of close contests, the Beanpot opening round is sure to be a slugfest worthy of the tournament’s 20-year history...