Word: hitter
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There is still time before I need to warm-up, so I try to dig deeper into my store of baseball memories. Now it’s August of 1992, and I’m on vacation at the beach, watching Kevin Gross of the Dodgers throw a no-hitter against the Giants. I had no idea at the time, but I was truly witnessing history—Gross became the first of three pitchers named Kevin to no-hit the Giants in the 1992-2003 period, the other two being Brown and Millwood...
...first batter pops out on my first pitch, but then steps in their juiced juggernaut of a cleanup hitter, who hammered one off the wall in a previous...
...lineup got on base, the middle of the order provided the pop, and No. 9 hitter Lauren Brown went deep for the Crimson, which never trailed...
...Pinch-hitter Pilar Adams led off the frame with a sharp double to right field. Adams came around to score when the right fielder mishandled Brown’s lazy fly into the corner. Stefanchik followed with a single to center—bringing her to a perfect 4-for-4 in the game and 6-for-7 on the day—before another error brought Brown home to make...
...half, a batter’s interference call on an attempted steal stifled a potential Lions rally as they trailed 4-0. As catcher Erin Halpenny came across the plate to throw, she was obstructed by the hitter, forcing her to double-pump and her throw to arrive late at second. The baserunner was returned to first base and, after lengthy deliberations that visibly perturbed Columbia coach Kayla Noonan, the batter was called...