Word: grounder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...like a vacuum cleaner, Maury Wills steal everything except the Scoreboard, the National League win 3-1. But in a losing cause, Rollins handled three hot shots to third flawlessly, and shut off a National League rally with a one-hand grab of Tommy Davis' ripping sixth-inning grounder. At bat, he was the only American Leaguer to reach base twice, scored his team's lone run. Said Rollins: "Maybe after you've been picked for the All-Star team five or six times, you can think you're pretty good...
...next hitter, Jerry Siack, slapped a grounder to center. It should have been a single, but the ball took a kangaroo hop over Gavin Gllmor's head. Slack settled for a triple, but he scored on an error by shortstop Terry Bartolet...
...downfall in the next inning. Morse moved him to third with a single, and firstbaseman Phil Bernstein, who had left 13 men on base during the Brown game, atoned for his past sins and singled Bartolet home. Curly Combs nearly brought in another run, but his sharp grounder was dramatically fielded by the Lion's second baseman, John O'Brien...
Curly Combs sent an easy double play ball to M.I.T. shortstop Dick Adamec. Adamec got the grounder but the Tech second baseman didn't get Adamec's flip to force Bernstein coming down from first. The ball bounced out into short right field and Bernstein never even hesitated as he took off from second, rounded third, and slid neatly into the plate just under the Tech catcher's futile...
...joined the fun in the Gavin Gilmor singled, Dick Diehl towering triple to center, and singled to set the stage. to center scoring Diehl, and hobbled down to first after by Skey's curve. Morse singled Weeden kept things going by Bernstein's grounder to escape outfield, scoring two more...