Birtwell did lose Nickerson, leaving a pitch too far over the plate that Nickerson crushed for an RBI-double to tie the game 2-2.
Dartmouth went on to win in extra frames.
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By dropping both of Saturday's games at Dartmouth, the Crimson was swept in a doubleheader for the first time this year...
Nyweide's nine strikeouts on Saturday were a career-high...
Walsh said that had Saturday's second game gone deep into extra innings, he would have let Birtwell-who entered the game in the top of the ninth-pitch as long as necessary and then spot-started someone else yesterday. ...
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