Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Paine pitched a game that deserved a better end. Aside from his let-up in the first inning his work could hardly have been better. He struck out eight men and allowed but two hits in the last eight innings. Even the slump in the first inning was less his fault than the score would indicate, as Gammons' home run would hardly have been made more than a base hit but for slow work by Beale and Burgess...
With the exception of Beale, the batting of the Harvard team was uniformly weak. The men were almost all retired on easy infield hits or pop flies, and were utterly unable to hit at critical points. But one man reached third base...
...spite of their inability to hit Paine, the Brown men played a sharp, aggressive game. Their fielding was remarkably clean and sure, and at the bat they made the most of every chance to score. It is a suggestive fact that Brown made four runs on four hits, and Harvard no runs on five hits. The best work for Brown was done by Lauder, who fielded very sharply. Brady pitched an extremely effective game and kept the hits well scattered...
...Haughton 1900, hit wickets, b. Smith...
Earned runs-Harvard 2, Williams 4. Bases on balls-Dean, Haughton 2, Chandler, Davis, Drysdale, Noble, Ross 2. Struck out-by Fitz 2, by Haughton 2, by Plunkeet 7. Passed balls-Ross, Scannell. Hit by pitched ball-Heffernan, Goodrich, Dean, Burgess. Umpires-Davis, Murray...