Word: infield
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...George singled in two more, making it 14-0; Del Rossi walked and Falcone reached on an infield error, as the fifteenth run crossed the plate...
...Crusaders then filled the bases on an infield hit before Harvard got the second out of the inning on a forceout at the plate. It looked like the nightmare had ended when. Holy Cross pitcher Skip Falcone's bad throw let in two Dick Joyce hit a dribbler to second, but more runs. The Crimson's Bob St. George then booted a grounder, and another Crusader checked in at the plate, bringing the Holy Cross lead...
...Kansas City Athletics have trouble hitting a ball out of the infield, let alone over a fence. Owner Charles Finley's solution was to bring the mountain to Mohammed. He built a plywood fence in rightfield, only 296 ft. from home plate, christened the project his "Pennant Porch." Unh-unh, said Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick, so Finley moved the whole contraption back 29 ft. and renamed it a "One-Half Pennant Porch...
Furthermore, the return of Tom Bilodeau at shortstop has, according to coach Norm Shepard, "tightened the infield a lot." Bilodeau played errorless ball in three games during the weekend after missing 10 games because of an luxury...
...crucial error came at the plate, where captain Joe O'Donnell dropped the ball on an easy force out. The Yardlings finally retired the required three men on a pop foul out, a sacrifice to center, and a routine infield...