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George Tittman, starting his first game, caught the Purple infield flatfooted in the first of the second with a drag bunt along the foul line. Craig Woodruff, handcuffed by Bruninghaus in their preceding meeting, then stepped into one of the cocky Crusader's fast shoots and propelled it out into center for a triple. A moment later he scored on Captain Maguire's infield roller to give the Crimson its first two runs...
...score was 9-to-7 in favor of the American League when the first National League batter in the ninth inning of last week's All-Star baseball game dropped a bunt in front of home plate...
...play which won the game was started by Don Burbank's sacrifice bunt; a wild throw by Holt of Andover to third base allowed Tom Biledean to score. Bilodean pitched for the 1937 team and played a nice game from start to finish, striking out 12 men, allowing only seven hits, and walking only four men. Louis Carr was back in the lineup, playing short...
...Take it easy, Lefty. You don't need to hit it out of the park. A single will do." O'Doul cracked the next ball into centre field for a single, scoring Critz and Terry, putting the Giants ahead. Another single by Jackson sent Ott home. A bunt by Mancuso, the Giants' slow-waddling catcher, utterly demoralized the infield. When they came to their senses, O'Doul was in with another run. Crowder managed to fan Ryan. Pitcher Schumacher singled to left and Jackson slid home. By that time the entire Giant team had batted during...
...other years had won ten pennants, finished second eleven times, third four times, fourth twice, fifth once. They won three World Series, four pennants in a row from 1921 to 1924. Famed as a strategist, Manager McGraw assumed responsibility for every play. Once he fined a batter, ordered to bunt, for hitting a home run. He took pride in developing players. Christy Mathewson, reputed the best pitcher in history, was a first baseman on the Giants when McGraw joined the club. McGraw discovered famed Frankie Frisch at Fordham, saw him become baseball's ablest second baseman. He began training...