Word: batterer
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...tater put Harvard in a 5-1 hole but the marathon frame was just beginning. Two hits, two fielder’s choices, and a hit batter later, Voaklander was pulled and freshman Amanda Watkins inherited a 6-1 deficit and a dangerous bases-loaded situation. After plunking the first batter she faced, Watkins surrendered a grand slam to leadoff hitter Jenna Macchi, Watkins’ second slam allowed in as many games...
Question: Who is the first batter in the major leagues to be the 4,000th strikeout victim of a pitcher? Answer: New York Met Danny Heep. After two fast-balls and a curve that fooled him badly, Mr. Heep became the latest answer to a trivia question on the occasion last week of Nolan Ryan's unmatched milestone. A crowd of more than 20,000, including Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, gave the Houston Astros pitcher a two-minute standing ovation when he reached four grand. Ryan, 38, chalked up four more batters before leaving the game in the seventh inning...
...long ago, baseball was always played on real grass in the open air, and a strike was something a batter had three of before he was out. But at the artificial-turfed, fiber-glass-roofed Metrodome in Minneapolis, the site of this year's Major League All-Star game, the talk last week was about a different sort of strike. The outcome of the contest, a dull 6-1 romp by the National League' was overshadowed by the previous day's announcement that the players intend to walk off the diamonds on Aug. 6 unless they can resolve their differences...
...next batter, Ian Wallace, singled to right to drive in Brown and give the Crimson all the runs it would need in a 2-1 victory...
...confidence paid off as she struck out the next batter and forced the following hitter to pop out. Watkins, after notching her second win of the season, was happy with the team’s performance...