Word: leadoff
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Expos added four runs in the fourth. A leadoff single by Gary Carter and successive walks to Driessen and Tim Wallach loaded the bases...
...what Weller did best was wait, wait and wait some more...for his pitch. The leadoff batter knew his job was to get on base, and he did. Last year the Rutland, Mass. native set the school's single season walks record (47 in just 36 games). This year he drew 39 free passes while batting 372. More than half the times number eight stepped up to the plate this year, he became a baserunner...
...best leadoff hitter I've ever coached," says Crimson mentor Alex Nahigian, who has spent the past quarter century coaching college baseball...
...innings later, Gonyar stoned, and the Crimson was awestruck. The backup left fielder hadn't even been on the Black Bear varsity much of the year, but his leadoff drive over the fence in the 12th was undoubtedly the single biggest swing in Maine's year. And it destroyed Harvard...
...Crimson held a 2-1 edge after five innings, but Rivera's leadoff drive over the left field fence quickly signalled the beginning of Eagle starter Carl Anderson's end. Two cuts later DiCesare, Lyman. McAndrews and center fielder Bruce Weller strung together four singles to give Harvard a 5-1 lead. Then came Kay's later, and Anderson left the game trailing...