Five Batmen Belt Homers, 14 Get Hits, As Harvard Squashes Brandeis, 19-3

Winter weather and a football score not-withstanding, at least one squad played baseball yesterday as the Harvard baseball team disbarred the Brandeis Judges, 19-3, at Soldiers Field.

Exactly what game Brandeis was playing was difficult to tell. Their outfielders over-threw cutoff men, the infielders mishandled grounders and their pitchers served up gopher balls.

The judgement wasn't delivered until after Larry Michado slipped strike three past Crimson leadoff man Bruce Weller and Elliott Rivera announced the verdict loud and clear.

Rivera slapped the next Michado offering well beyond the 375 foot sign in the left field power alley for his second homer in as many games. Then it was Brad Bauer's turn. The Crimson captain launched one to left center and Harvard had back-to-back homers.

With Harvard home run leader Ed Farrell stepping in, Michado didn't take any chances. The beanball did its job, and Farrell became the game's first baserunner. But Michado switched back from hitting batters to being hit by them, as Vinnie Martelli drilled one through the hole into left field. Don Allard joined in the fun, socking one over the fence near where Bauer's blast had landed. The three-run affair gave Harvard a 5-0 advantage.

A Mickey Maspons walk, a Tony DiCesare single and a Scott Vierra single upped the Crimson tally to six, and when second baseman Sean Hughes bobbled a grounder the bases were loaded with only one out. It was still the first inning.

But Rivera, who jogged around the basepaths to start things off finished them as well by grounding into a double play for awhile, at least, the fireworks were over.

Crimson hurler Doug Sutton made sure of that Sutton threw five innings of two-hit, shutout ball, and one of the two singles was a check swing looper into short right field. The freshman righthander has allowed just three hits in nine innings of work on the year.

But Sutton's performance yesterday was overshadowed by his team's offense All of the 14 Crimson batters who came to the plate walked away with at least one hit.

Chris Schindler made the biggest mark among the Harvard reserves, joining in the home run spree with a two run drive over the right field fence in the bottom of the fourth The most significant effort by a starter came from shortstop Tony DiCesare, whose three for three outing may put an end to his early season clump.

"We had out hitting shoes on today." Crimson Coach Alex Nahigian said after the game. Not that yesterday's score was unusual for a Greater Boston League non contest Harvard took a doubleheader at Northeastern, 20-1 and 17-1, and a game with Boston College, 14-3, while building its 5-0 league record.

The batmen now own an 11-2-1 overall record and a 2-1-1. Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League mark.

THE NOTEBOOK Branders Coach Pete Varney '71 is the only Harvard graduate who has played in the major leagues. Crimson 19, Judges 3 BRANDEIS   ab  r  h  bi Caesar cl  3  1  1  0 Raposa if  1  0  0  0 Russell 3b  4  1  0  0 Reid 1b  3  0  1  0 Datre rf  4  0  0  1 Follette c  4  1  1  0 Butterfield dh  2  0  0  0 Bonille ss  4  0  1  0 Hughes 2b  3  0  1  0 Pacheco if  2  0  1  0 Wilson 1f  1  0  0  0 Tedeschi dh  2  0  0  0 Total  33  3  6  1 HARVARD   ab  r  h  bi Weller cf  5  1  1  1 Rivera 3b  6  2  2  1 Bauer as  3  2  2  2 Farrell 1b  2  3  2  2 Martellif  1  2  1  0 Allard rf  3  1  1  3 Maspons c  4  3  2  0 DiCsare 2b ss  3  0  3  4 Vierra dh  5  1  2  2 Lyman 2b  2  1  1  1 Schindler 1b  3  1  1  2 McNamara 1f  3  0  1  0 Vallone rf  2  1  1  0 Kay as  1  1  1  1 Total  43  19  21  19

Brandeis  000  002  001--3 Harvard  634  200  040--19

Game-Winning RBI--Rivera. E--DiCeare (2). Hughes LOB--Harvard 6. Brandeis 5. 2B--Follette. Rivera HR--Rivera (2). Farrell (5). Beuer (3). Allard (2). Schindler (2). IP  H  P  ER  BB  SO Brandeis Machado L 3-2  2  13  13  13  2  1 McCuily  4  4  2  2  1  1 Nadeau  1  0  0  0  0  2 Hebert  1  4  4  4  1  0 Harvard Sutton W 1-0  5  2  0  0  1  2 Vierra  2  2  2  1  1  0 Brown  2  2  1  1  0  2

Machado faced four batters in the third

HBP--Farrell by Machado Vallone by Hebert WP--Brown

T--2 46 A--33

Brandeis  000  002  001--3 Harvard  634  200  040--19

Game-Winning RBI--Rivera. E--DiCeare (2). Hughes LOB--Harvard 6. Brandeis 5. 2B--Follette. Rivera HR--Rivera (2). Farrell (5). Beuer (3). Allard (2). Schindler (2). IP  H  P  ER  BB  SO Brandeis Machado L 3-2  2  13  13  13  2  1 McCuily  4  4  2  2  1  1 Nadeau  1  0  0  0  0  2 Hebert  1  4  4  4  1  0 Harvard Sutton W 1-0  5  2  0  0  1  2 Vierra  2  2  2  1  1  0 Brown  2  2  1  1  0  2

Machado faced four batters in the third

HBP--Farrell by Machado Vallone by Hebert WP--Brown

T--2 46 A--33

Game-Winning RBI--Rivera. E--DiCeare (2). Hughes LOB--Harvard 6. Brandeis 5. 2B--Follette. Rivera HR--Rivera (2). Farrell (5). Beuer (3). Allard (2). Schindler (2). IP  H  P  ER  BB  SO Brandeis Machado L 3-2  2  13  13  13  2  1 McCuily  4  4  2  2  1  1 Nadeau  1  0  0  0  0  2 Hebert  1  4  4  4  1  0 Harvard Sutton W 1-0  5  2  0  0  1  2 Vierra  2  2  2  1  1  0 Brown  2  2  1  1  0  2

Machado faced four batters in the third

HBP--Farrell by Machado Vallone by Hebert WP--Brown

T--2 46 A--33

Machado faced four batters in the third

HBP--Farrell by Machado Vallone by Hebert WP--Brown

T--2 46 A--33