Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...aggregate of twelve hits would seem to indicate consistently heavy hitting, but Charles, the Carlisle pitcher, was undoubtedly one of the least effective men whom the nine has faced this year. Several times, however, opportune hits were made.--notably in the fifth when Matthews drove a three-base hit to centre field with three men on bases; and in the eighth when Bolton brought in the last three runs with a long home run hit. The general listlessness of the team was furthermore explemplified by the slowness of the batters in getting to the plate in their turns...
After making two runs in the first inning by a timely bunching of hits, Harvard was unable to score again until the fifth. when with three men on bases, Matthews knocked out a three-base hit. In the sixth, a single, an error by first base and two passed balls brought in two more runs. Randall opened the eighth with a home run. Kernan and McCarty got to first base on a fielder's choice and an error respectively, and Bolton hit to centre field for a home run, bringing in the last three runs...
Carlisle scored in the first on a base on balls and on a three-base hit. In the seventh and eighth a bunching of errors by the University team allowed them two more runs...
...most part uninteresting. Amherst was weak in the box, and both teams played an erratic fielding game, a fact perhaps accounted for to some extent by the slippery condition of the field. Coburn struck out twelve men, gave no bases on balls and allowed only four scatered hits. Orrell struck out five men, hit six, gave five bases on balls and allowed six hits. Clarkson's catch of Storke's center-field fly in the fourth inning was one of the features of the game...
Stolen bases--Carr 3, Greenough, Matthews, Kernan, McCarty, Amidon. Bases on balls--by Orrell: Greenough, Randall, Coburn, Carr, Matthews. Hit by pitched ball--by Coburn: Wheeler; by Orrell: Carr 2, Greenough 2, Randall, Kernan. Struck out--by Coburn: McRae 2, Powell 2. Beach 2, Amidon 2, Chase, Kelliher, Orrell, Wheeler; by Orrell: Clarkson 2, Coburn, Kernan, Stephenson. Wild pitches--Coburn 2. Passed ball--Stephenson. Umpire--A. Clarkson. Time...