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Batsmen Maul Terriers, 14-2

Crimson Salvages Consolation; Eagles Win 'Pot Final, 3-1

BOSTON--Cecil B. DeMille would have enjoyed this game .

With his flair for extravaganza and overblown productions, he would have revelled in Harvard's 14-2 destruction of Boston University here at Fenway park in the consolation round of the c Beanpot Tournament.

He'd have relished the Crimson's three homeruns, 16 hits and systematic pillaging of the hapless Terrier Nine.

Belaboring the point with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, Harvard (13-11 overall, 4-2 EIBL) more than made up for yesterday's extrainning loss to Boston College in the first round of the Beanpot.

"We just wanted to get our frunstrations out, I suppose," senior designated hitter Nick DelVecchio said.

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DelVecchio certainly did. The Natick-native did his best imitation of Ted Williams (in the home of the Sox legend no less), going 4-4 with two homeruns, a double, a single and eight RBIs (a Beanpot record).

Having the experience of six previous games at the ballpark, helped , DelVecchio said.

"I felt really relaxed this time around," he said. "I felt fantastic."

In his first at bat in the second inning, with sophomore shortstop Mike Giardi on first base, DelVecchio got the pitch that makes a hitter's eyes light up: the hanging curveball.

The Mather senior ripped it 380 feet into the bullpen in rightfield to give the Crimson an early 2-0 lead.

His next at-bat was in the third inning. With the bases loaded, DelVecchio slammed a 0-1 pitch high off the Green Monster in left for a double and two more RBIs.

His day wasn't over, thought. In the fifth, DelVecchio would hammer another hanging curve-this time into the screen in left for an opposite-field homerun--and in the sixth, his bases-loaded single would score freshman James Crowley and senior Dan Scanlan.

Sophomore leftfielder Dave Morgan had the burden of following DelVecchio's act all day long in the line-up. In the stands, DelVecchio's mother had been good-naturedly kidding Mrs. Morgan about "what's a shame" it was.

Morgan came up in the sixth with DelVecchio on first and Eric Weissman on second.

Not to be outdone by DelVecchio , Morgan jumped on the firsr pitch (a fastball) and crushed it for a titanic home run over the Green Monster and onto the roof of the parking garage on Ted Williams Way.

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