Word: bunts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...steady pitching. He not only struck out eleven men and fielded his position well, but he also showed his best work at the most critical stages of the game. With two men on bases in the fifth, and no one out, he retired one man on a weak bunt and the other two on strikes. Abbott did some great work at the bat, making three hits in his four chances. Trafford also found the ball surprisingly well. The nine fielded almost perfectly, the one error being made in the ninth with two men already retired. There was poor judgment, however...
Williams was first to bat. Howard was out on a bunt to the pitcher, Anderson struck out, and Hollister flied out to Corbett. For Harvard, Hallowell made a hit, took second on a passed ball, and came in on Cook's hit. Hovey advanced Cook to third on a sacrifice, and Corbett tried to bring him home but he was thrown out at the plate. Corbett was thrown out in trying for second. In the second Draper got a base on balls, after Ide and Baker had gone out on grounders. A foul fly was the best Nutting could...
Brown came first to the bat, and Tenny led off with a short bunt, which Highlands could not get in time to field. He took second on Sexton's sacrifice, third on Hovey's fumble. Hovey retrieved himself, by a beautiful throw to the plate to cut off Sexton, who went in on Week's hit. For Harvard, Mason got out on a grounder to Steere. Hallowell got a pretty hit by Steere to left field, and stole second. Frothingham got a hit which sent Hallowell to third, while he took second on the throw. Here the men were left...
...third, for Harvard, was the first in which they scored. Bates started in with a base on Thomson's error. Hallowell advanced him a base with a single to centre field, and Frothingham struck out. Hovey got a little bunt in front of the plate, and two men scored, while Hovey went to third, as Lansing threw very wild to first. Cook followed with a beauty to centre field bringing in Hovey, but was caught between the bases later, for the second out. Trafford got a scratch hit, but was thrown out while trying to steal second...
Cook opened up the game with a scratch hit, but was forced out at second, on Mason's bunt to O'Connor. Hallowell struck out. Frothingham knocked a single just out of second base's reach, and brought in an earned run for Harvard. Hovey was thrown out at first on a grounder to Eaton...