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   One week, when the Walpole Nationals were at bat home plate was as crowded as New York’s Grand Central Station.
   The next week, the plate looked like a deserted island.
   They say things run in cycles in baseball, and it was that cycle that stopped the Walpole Nationals. A few days after winning three straight games by mercy rule they struggled at the plate, and were eliminated by Westwood, 5-3, Friday night. It was the second win of the tourney over the Nationals by Westwood, which went on to win the district and will represent the area this weekend at the regional championships in Newton.
   “We didn’t hit the ball, that was the problem,” said Coach Gene Lavanchy. “You don’t hit, you don’t win. I guess we used them all up.”
   The Nationals gained the semifinals Thursday by beating Norwood American in a thriller.
   Norwood had a 2-0 shutout going through four innings and was on the verge of a major victory …