Word: bunted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Which he did, inducing, after a sacrifice bunt had moved Songin into scoring position with just one out, Kevin MacDonald to pop to short, and striking out Brian McCann to save the game for Clifford and the Crimson...
Cesar Geronimo led off the tenth inning with a single. He was followed by bunting specialist Ed Armbrister who was pinch hitting for Cincy pitcher Rawly Eastwick. Armbrister laid down a bunt in front of home plate, but when Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk tried to make a throw to second to get Geronimo, he ran into Armbrister. As a result, Fisk's throw went over shortstop Rick Burleson's head and into centerfield. A heated argument between Sox manager Darrell Johnson and home plate umpire Barnett ensued, but the appeal did not succeed...
Harvard coach Loyal Park has always prided his teams on their ability to bunt and come through with a clutch hit, and on their defense, especially the defensive infield. At times this spring, the squad looked as if it were handling a hot potato instead of a baseball...
Harvard traditionally plays a scrappy game. A hit, a bunt or steal and then another hit have been counted on to provide most of the runs scored over the years. But while the Crimson usually scored only a run or two per inning, it generally scored in five or six innings per game. This year the last hit, the one to bring the man home, did not come often enough. Against Northeastern on May 1, for example, Harvard left 13 men stranded on the basepaths...
...certainly one of the top five pitchers in the East." Park said, "But we had our chances to beat him. We'd have men on first and second in the first and third innings and miss the bunt. You know, things like that kept happening...