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Cornell nearly blew the game open in its first time at bat. A walk and an infield error on a sacrifice bunt put men on first and second with one out and Boettcher made up for his error with a run-producing single. But after walking the next batter to fill the bases. Brayton got out of the inning with a strike out and a grounder to second...
Thomas feels that the most important thing for him as a hitter is "waiting" on the ball and then hitting it to right field if the pitch is on the outside corner. Thomas is a natural "pull" hitter, which means that when he hits the ball his bat is well out in front of his body. This type of swing gives a hitter more power because the center of his weight is transferred to his front foot...
Hitting an outside pitch properly requires what Thomas calls an "inside out" swing, in which the hitter's wrists are in front of the barrel of the bat when contact with the ball is made. The ball is "slapped" to the opposite field, and only a hitter with very strong wrists can do this with power...
Thomas feels that this is an especially important skill for anyone batting in the middle of the line-up. "When you bat third, fourth or fifth the pitchers throw a lot more curves, and when I try to pull them I almost always ground out to the shortstop," he said...
...other two times at bat, Mays struck out and walked. The great centerfielder was playing first base, as he frequently has in the last few seasons, in yesterday's game...