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Batsmen Ready for Playoffs

Team Confident About Facing Tigers in Ivy Championship

Walsh, who has emphasized aggressive play all season, said his strategy for this weekend will not change.

"We're going to run, run, run," Walsh said. "[But] the pitchers need to be more aggressive in the strike zone."

Junior Frank Hogan is slated to start on the mound in the first game for Harvard. Hogan, the Crimson's top pitcher, is 4-2 with a 4.21 ERA this year but has been suffering from a tendinitis in his throwing shoulder.

Junior first baseman Peter Albers, however, will not be able to play this weekend because of a sprained ankle.

Even though they've beat Princeton twice this year Walsh said he still sees Harvard as an underdog because of the large number of seniors who have never experienced a winning season and the large number of first-year players.

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"We're gonna be new to this," Walsh said. "But, if they beat us they're gonna have to work for it."

Senior catcher Dennis Doble was a little more blunt than his coach:

"We're gonna crush 'em."

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