“He’s a good pitcher,” Walsh said. “But we have to do a better job hitting the ball.”
Including the win in game two, Harvard has scored only four runs in its last 28 innings dating back to last Sunday’s 8-4, first-game win against Columbia.
The only bright spot for the Crimson was the pitching of sophomore Rob Wheeler, who replaced freshman Frank Herrmann in the top of sixth with Harvard already down 12-0. Wheeler shut Cornell down through 1.2 innings, mowing down every batter he faced.
“He was the only one of our pitchers who could keep the ball down,” Walsh said.
The Crimson plays a doubleheader at O’Donnell Field against Princeton today beginning at noon in a make-up of Saturday’s rainout. Walsh expects to make changes to his lineup from yesterday, bringing in new blood to try to jump start the offense. Sophomore Mike Morgalis and senior left-hander Kenon Ronz will start for the Crimson.
—Staff writer Alex M. Sherman can be reached at sherman@fas.harvard.edu