Word: hit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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TUFTS, 1; hARVARD, 4.The game between Tufts and Harvard, yesterday afternoon, was rather uninteresting. Both nines failed to do respectable work with the bat. Harvard won the game in the first inning, by scoring four runs on errors, aided by a base hit. The fourth inning was enlivened by a brisk discussion with the umpire regarding a close decision by which a Tufts player was declared out at the home plate. At the close of the fifth inning the game was called an account of rain. The score...
...second inning was open for Amherst with a base hit by Stuart, who stole second, reached third on a wild throw by Nichols, and came home on Marble's put out. Willard scored a run for Harvard by making a tremendous drive to right field for three bases. The next three men at the bat struck out, but Willard scored on a wild pitch. Neither nine scored in the third inning, though flarris sent a hot liner to centre field, which was caught in fine form by Jones; while, for Harvard, Winslow made a clean hit, only to be left...
...fifth inning decided the game. Amherst failed to score, though Oldham reached first on balls. For Harvard, Edgerly struck to Marble, who fumbled the ball, allowing him to score, and stole second. Beaman hit safely, bringing in Edgerly, and was sent home by Tilden's two bagger. After hitting safely for two bases Tilden stole third and came home on Nichols' hit. Nichols hit for one base, stole second and third, and came home on an error of Tirrel. Allen hit to Tirrel, who threw wild to the home plate to cut off Nichols, allowing Allen to reach second, whence...
...sixth inning Kimball made a home run on a long hit to right field. Harvard failed to score. In this inning Stearns caught, taking the place of Hunt, who had dislocated a finger. Amherst got a man on third in the seventh inning, but he was kept from scoring. Harvard added three more runs to her score. Allen hit to Tirrel, who fumbled the ball and allowed him to reach first, but he was caught napping at second. Willard got his base on balls, and was sent to third by Smith's two-base hit. Both came...
...first half of the eight innings Amherst scored two runs on errors and a base hit, but as the Amherst nine were unable to play out the inning, being compelled to leave to catch a train, the score of the first seven innings only was counted...