Word: battering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jack Wallace just didn't have it. His usual speed and control were lacking as he struck out only one batter while walking for. He also was hit solidly for nine hits and allowed the plate to be dented five times...
...biggest threat that B.P.E. could muster was in the seventh inning, when they gathered two hits from "Lefty" Knowles, but Knowles settled down and struck out the next batter, putting the damper on the inning...
...minute rain interrupted proceedings. Instead of putting in a game-saver for the thoroughly cooled-out Voiselle, Ott left him in, and the Cardinals won the game. Afterwards, Ott fined Voiselle $500 for not wasting an out side pitch after getting a 2-0 count on the batter, who would have been the third...
...leadoff man in this inning beat out an infield hit and moved along to second when the next man walked. When the following two batters went down on a strikeout and a pop fly, the pressure was off Wallace, but he suddenly went wild, tired badly, and walked three men in a row, forcing in two runs and leaving the sacks jammed. At this point, Coach Stahl yanked Wallace and called in Norm Wholley. Wholley took his warmup pitches, got the first batter he faced on a routine grounder to short, and the game was over...
...third inning spelled doom for the Husky nine as seven runs poured across to put the Stahlmen well into the lead. In one fast and furious inning, the Crimson collected three hits, three walks, an outfield error, a passed ball, a hit batter, and topped it off with the first of two double steals to give Wallace more than enough for him to coast through...