Word: hitters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the score tied at one in fifth, Frazier relieved Tommy John, who was lifted for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the fourth inning. Davey Lopes bunted over to second, after an earlier single, and scored the winning run when Ron Cey, who had been hit in the head by Rich Gossage's 94-mile-per-hour fastball on Sunday, stroked a two-out single. Dusty Baker followed with a base hit to right, and Pedro Guerrero tripled to left field to give the Dodgers a 4-1 lead...
...reverse of the more common sort of writing, which takes the world and boils it down into a single character. It is skill--not passion, not energy, not vision--that carries White; for anyone without the skill, his method of approaching big ideas is impossible. He is a singles hitter, but his average is high...
Burris gave up several long flyouts in the seventh, was taken out for a pinch-hitter, and was relieved by Steve Rogers in the ninth. Rogers, pitching in relief for only the third time in his career, became the losing pitcher as Monday stroked a three-and-one pitch over the centerfield wall...
...National League West Division playoffs, the Houston Astros now have a 2-0 edge over the Los Angeles Dodgers after pinch-hitter Denny Walling's two-out single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th inning gave them a 1-0 victory over...
...winner was Joe Sambito, who entered the game in the top of the 11th inning, and escaped trouble after yielding a double to pinch-hitter Steve Yeager...