Word: hit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hard Detroit fans took small comfort in a significant statistic: in 40 of Detroit's 103 regular-season victories, the Tigers were either tied or behind as the seventh inning began, then clawed ahead on a fortuitous clutch hit or an opponent's ill-timed error. There was still a long chance that they could turn the same sort of trick...
Lost in the Crowd. Once more Mickey was good, but Gibson was great. He struck out seven of the first 23 men he faced, allowed only three hits and no runs. Then Mickey was given another unexpected gift, this time by St. Louis' Curt Flood, generally accepted as one of the game's best outfielders. In the top of the seventh inning, with two Tigers on base, Detroit's Jim Northrup hit a deep but routine line drive to centerfield. Flood momentarily lost the ball against the white-shirted crowd, found it, then stumbled and watched...
Neither team scored in the third period, but there were a couple of exciting minutes. With about six minutes left, Lalich had to eat the ball, was hit hard, and had to leave the game temporarily. Sub Frank Champi pitched wide to Gatto whose option pass bounced off several players, including Harvard's Varney, before Rose intercepted...
Columbia's 17,000 rooters took some heart in the final period. After Lalich hit the sophomore Varney for a 12 yard score--Varney has caught two passes in the last two games, both for TD's--making the count, 21-7, Domres moved the Lions to their second touchdown. He went over himself from the one with just over five minutes left...
...medium-size car, still three years off, in cooperation with Germany's NSU. Early this year, having also started work on a fast, Maserati-powered touring car, Citroën went to the government for $60 million. Bercot was turned down flat, and then was hit by the workers' strikes of May and June. Now, in talking about the proposed deal with Fiat, Bercot presents it as being "productive in bolstering Europe against American competition...