Word: wild
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yale was quickly retired in the eighth. Olmsted went to the bat for Harvard, and went out on a foul fly to catcher. Nichols made a base hit, and by a series of errors and wild throws by Jones and Smith, reached home, making the score 4 to 2 in favor of Harvard. Baker knocked a long fly, which was captured by Smith. Burt succeeded in reaching third base by several wild throws, but was left there by Crocker, who went out on a fly knocked into the centre fielder's hands...
...crate with its squealing live stock was conveniently placed for the exhibition which came off this afternoon. Fannie was put inside the crate and time was taken. A committee of students had first counted the rats, and found them to number just twenty-seven. The students danced about in wild glee at the sport, and in about six minutes Fannie had killed every rat. It is reported that they were procured in New York at the rate of seventy-five dollars a hundred, the market price...
...base hits - Hall, Bean, Greene. Three-base hit - Dilts. First base on balls - Payne, Baker, Olmsted. First base on errors - Harvards 7; Browns 5. Struck out - Payne (2), Chase, Smith, Bean, Coolidge, Crocker (2), Le Moyne. Double play - Greene and Dilts. Passed balls - Hall 1; Bassett 2. Wild pitches - Bean 1; Smith 1. Time 2h. 20m, Umpire - Hawes of Lowell...
...sixth Nichols hit to short, who made the customary wild throw to first, on which Nichols reached second. He came home on a fine two-baser of Burt's to the centre field. For Brown, Payne struck out; Dilts made a hit by first base; Greene followed with anoth-to left which sent Dilts to third; he came in on a wild pitch. Bassett hit safely to Crocker, who threw to first, nearly catching him. Burt threw home to cut off Greene, but Hall dropped the ball and this let in Greene and Bassett, giving Brown three unearned runs...
...opportunity to take second on the next ball pitched. Having stolen one base he was ready to steal another, and accordingly on the next ball pitched took possession of third. Olmsted got his base on balls. Baker hit to short, who threw home to cut off Coolidge, but threw wild enough to let in both Coolidge and Olmsted, thus tieing the score. Baker came in on a wild pitch. This ended the runs for that inning, and the score stood 12 to 11 in Harvard's favor...