Word: ninth
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...game between the Harvard and Amherst freshman nines Saturday was won by Harvard in a very close game. In the first half of the ninth inning Amherst tied the score and it was only by Gregory's timely hit, bringing Garrison home, that Harvard won. The fielding of the Harvard freshmen was poor, Dean alone at second making five errors...
...played the Holy Cross team Saturday afternoon at Worcester and won by sharp fielding and good batting. All Harvard's runs were made in the first three innings on seven timely hits assisted by three bases on balls and three errors. Holy Cross scored in both the eighth and ninth innings, but, in each case, the run was due to an error by O'Malley. Several times the fielding of the nine was sharp and prevented Holy Cross from scoring. Highlands and Scannell were the battery for the first six innings and Wiggin and O'Malley for the rest...
...after the exhibition of Wednesday. The team received a general shaking up. Captain Wiggin was in the box with O'Malley as catcher. Winslow and Stevenson exchanged places. Corbett played for the first time this year in center field and McCarthy took Hayes's place at right. In the ninth inning Wiggin got first on a safe hit and reached second on Smalley's fumble of Whittemore's hit. Winslow hit the ball to Smalley, who tried to catch Wiggin at third, but Folsom's foot was off the base and the bases were full. Dickinson hit to shortstop...
...beginning of the ninth Harvard led, 8 to 7. Woven Hose tied the score. Doyle scored on a two base-hit, a sacrifice, and a wild pitch by Highlands. In the tenth inning, after Harvard had scored two runs, the Woven Hose men tried to delay the game by refusing to put the side out. This accounts for Harvard's scoring in the inning. The side was finally put out by the refusal of the batsmen...
...through an error of judgment by Highlands, and Hayes's muff of a fly, scored 7 runs. Harvard tied the score in the sixth, but Williams scored once in the seventh. Harvard was shut out in this inning but evened matters in the eighth. Neither side scored in the ninth, but in the tenth Williams got two runs on errors and an opportune hit of Hammatt...