PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Hours before the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers got set to play Game 7 of the NLCS, Pat Fitzgerald invoked a baseball metaphor to describe Northwestern’s uncomfortably close 18-15 win over Rutgers on Saturday.
“A pitcher goes out on the mound, warmed up great, had a great week of prep, like we did,” he said. “And then all of a sudden things aren’t working the way you want them to work. You still have to find a way to keep inching to the end and get the win. Or get it to your bullpen, in baseball terms.