Word: grounder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gabrielson "Kill! Kill! Kill!" It sounded pretty funny for a base ball team. But the Houston Astros learned to believe it. The Giants scored a run in the fourth inning, another in the fifth - and with the score tied 2-2 in the ninth, Willie Mays slashed a grounder straight between the legs of Houston First Baseman Walt Bond. Never slowing down, Mays rounded first, streaked for second, and slid in safely amid a cloud of dust. Moments later, Willie McCovey slapped a single to right, and Mays scampered home with the run that gave the Giants their 13th straight...
After Bilodeau struck out, the Crusader third baseman booted Dockery's grounder and O'Donnell scored. Only after Dan Hootstein popped up and Skip Falcone fanned was Knittel able to weave his way back to the dugout. Two runs, one hit, three errors...
That drove out B.C. started Jack Kerivan and brought is Tom Hutchinson. But it wasn't a day for B.C. pitchers. Hutchinson walked Miller, and Scott's double-play grounder to third went for an error that scored Falcone and left the bases loaded. Mike Patrick, making his debut as a third baseman, grounded into a double play as Neville scored. Hutchinson's frustration was completed by a passed ball that scored Miller...
Harvard added a run in the fourth without getting a hit. Leading off, Tobin was safe when Cornell third baseman Chip Stofer fumbled his grounder. Tobin stole second and went to third on shortstop Tom Bilodeau's ground out. When first baseman Joe O'Donnell grounded to short, Tobin beat the throw home and scored...
...next batter had to do was bit the ball on the ground. Tom Bilo deau took a strike, bunted foul, and then fouled out to the first baseman. At this point B.U.'s ace pitcher Ron Girolimon entered the game and retired pinchhitter Dan Hootstein on a grounder to third, ending the threat. Girolimon mowed down the Crimson with little difficulty in the eighth and ninth innings...