Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...excellent pitching of Highlands and the costly errors of Pennsylvania. Besides this the Harvard men ran bases with good judgment and took every possible advantage of their opponent's misplays. The fielding of the home team, too, was very clean, only three errors being made on hard hit balls...
...last few Harvard games. Hollister, the first man at bat, put up a high foul for Scannell, and then Avil drove a hot grounder toward right. Stevenson managed just to reach it, but it was too hot to handle and Avill reached first in safety. Schoenhut was hit by the ball and trotted to first. Goeckel came up next and drove out a hit to left centre, which Rand chased under the willows. Two runs came in and Goeckel rested on third base. Rennig put up a high fly to Rand, Goeckel made a bluff for the plate...
Harvard came in with two runs against them, but soon had the score tied. Winslow hit out a long, low liner which Gorman gathered in prettily. Dean sent a hot one along the ground to Blakely, but he let it go through his legs to left field. Rand fouled out to Goeckel, but Hayes planted a single in right...
...third Avil struck out, but Schoenhut got first on balls. Burgess dropped Goeckel's hard drive, and second and third were filled with one out. Reunig hit hard to Wrenn, who played carefully and kept Schoenhut on third while he threw his man out at first. Gray relieved all anxiety by flying out to Rand...
Pennsylvania went out in order, but Harvard increased her lead. Highlands drove a neat hit to centre and Winslow was sent to first on balls. Dean hit to Avil, and Highlands was forced at third, but there were still two on bases. Rand drove a hot grounder over third that rolled down the foul line to the canvas. This hit was worth three bases and two runs scored. Hayes fouled to Goeckel, but in a moment Scannell duplicated Rand's hit and Rand came in. Scannell could not run fast enough, however, and he was put out in trying...