Word: amherst
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...West End Street Railroad men showed a lack of practice and lost the game chiefly through their inability to hit the ball at critical times. They were not so strong as the Amherst nine, and so the Harvard men were not pushed so hard as on Wednesday. But there is a manifest improvement in the work of the nine, and especially in the work of the infield. The men play with more snap than they did at the beginning of the week, and they seem to realize the responsibility which rests upon them...
...Amherst did all her scoring in the seventh inning. Priddy was the first man up. He made a hit which struck the edge of the running track and bounded badly, allowing Priddy to reach second. Nichols then got his base on balls. Fletcher hit to Paine, who tried to field Priddy out on third but failed and the bases were full. Sullivan's single then brought in one run and the bases were full again. A bad passed ball on the part of Scannell then allowed one more run in. Good fielding, however, prevented any more scoring...
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Earned runs - Harvard 4, Amherst 1. Two-base hit - Priddy. Three-base hit - Scannell. Home run - Hayes. Stolen bases - Rand 2, Whittemore 2. First base on balls - Adams, Shea, Nichols, Whittemore. Struck out - Priddy 2, Nichols' Fletcher, Thomas, Sullivan, Scannell, Wrenn, Whittemore, Kellogg. Double plays - Montague, Kellogg and Trask; Montague, Trask and Sullivan; Whittemore, Wrenn and Stevenson. Passed ball - Scannell. Hit by pitched ball - Adams. Time, 1h. 35m. Umpire - Mullen...