Word: bunting
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Springfield jumped to an early lead in the first inning when second baseman Bill Porter beat out a grounder to short and was advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. John Salmon drove the run in with a single through the pitcher's mound...
Springfield narrowed the score to 3-2 in the fifth without a hit. Ascherman was walked, and losing pitcher George Dixon laid a bunt down the first base line that Nickens covered. Nickens threw the ball into right field, and Ascherman scored Springfield's last...
Harvard put the game away in its half of the fifth. Varney beat out a grounder to short and then broke up an attempted double play on Ignacio's bunt. A walk to Bill Kelley loaded the bases, and Ballantyne followed with a single into center field that scored two runners. Turco hit a sacrifice fly to right that brought Kelly home and finished Harvard's scoring...
...fifth, Hurley laid a perfect bunt down the third base line. Varney drove him in with a tremendous triple into left field. Hurley led off the seventh inning with a double and scored on DeMichele's single to tie the game...
Mantle could also bunt a team to death, because he was that rarest of all ballplayers, a switch-hitting slugger who could outsprint every big man in the league and most of the little men. That combination, plus his aw-shucks, farm-boy manner, made Mighty Mick an instant folk hero. In his first 14 seasons, he led the Yankees to a remarkable twelve pennant victories, won the Most Valuable Player award three times and the triple crown once, in 1956, when he batted .353, slammed 52 home runs and drove in 130 runs. His lifetime mark of 536 homers...