Scott Hurls 3-1 Victory Over Cornell Batsmen

Aided by an alert defense, lanky John Scott scattered eight hits and pitched the Harvard baseball team to a 3-1 win over Cornell at Splinter Stadium on Saturday.

Scott, who struck out six Cornell batters with his looping changeup, was bailed out of trouble in each of the last two innings by his sharp-fielding teammates, who backed him up with a pair of double plays.

The Crimson took a 1-0 lead in the first when, with one out, center fielder George Neville singled, took second on a wild pitch, third on a ground out by left fielder John Dockery, and scored on right fielder Jim Tobin's line single to left.

Harvard added a run in the fourth without getting a hit. Leading off, Tobin was safe when Cornell third baseman Chip Stofer fumbled his grounder. Tobin stole second and went to third on shortstop Tom Bilodeau's ground out. When first baseman Joe O'Donnell grounded to short, Tobin beat the throw home and scored.

In the eighth, Scott lost his shutout when with one out, Stofer singled and second baseman Bob Fabbricatore doubled him home. Fabbricatore took third when Harvard second baseman Skip Falcone's relay bounced past third baseman Neil Houston. Cornell right fielder Dave Bliss then grounded to Bilodeau, who fired the ball in to catcher Gary Miller. Miller tagged out Fabricatore, trying to score from third, and threw to Falcone at second just nipping Bliss, trying for an extra base.

Comprehensive Insurance

With two out in the bottom of the eighth, the Crimson scored an insurance run against Ivan Tylawsky, who relieved starter Bob Tucker in the seventh. Bilodeau singled, stole second, and scored on O'Donnell's single to center.

Wildness got Scott into another jam in the ninth. He walked Cornell catcher Tom Guise to start the inning and wild pitched him to second. After striking out first baseman Joe Piperato, Scott walked pinchhitter Mike Riff to put men on first and second with one out. But the next batter fouled to O'Donnell and Houston ended the game by going to his knees to snare left fielder Jim Purcell's windblown foul popup.

O'Donnell led the nine-hit Harvard attack with two singles and two RBI's in four trips to the plate. Neville and Tobin were also two-for-four. Miller, the team's captain, failed to hit in two at-bats, but he retired three men on tough foul popups and repeatedly prevented Cornell runhere from advancing by spooning Scott's low