Word: wild
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvards lost the toss, and at 4 o'clock Coolidge stepped to the bat. The first ball pitched was hit hard to third, who fumbled it and threw wild to first. Chase, to keep up the record, threw over Dilts' head to Doran, who fumbled it until Coolidge had reached the home plate, scoring the first run of the game. Olmsted and Baker then made hits, Nichols retired on a foul bound and Crocker struck to third, forcing Olmsted and retiring Baker by a fine double play. Brown retired in one, two, three order...
...second inning Hall made a hit to centre, but was left on second, the next three men going out. For Brown, Smith made a clean drive to right. Chase knocked to Le Moyne, who, to cut off Smith, threw wild to Coolidge, the ball going to Nichols, who in turn overthrew to Le Moyne, letting Smith reach home. The next three men went out in order. Score...
Coolidge led off the third inning by striking out. Olmsted sent another liner to centre, and came in on a wild pitch and a wild throw by Greene of a ball off Nichols' bat. For Brown, Payne, who got his base on balls, came in on hits made by Dilts and Smith and a wild throw by Le Moyne to first. Score...
...fourth inning Yale scored three more runs by hard batting and a passed ball. Neither side scored again until the seventh, when Harvard succeeded in getting in four more runs by a three base hit by Beaman, base hits by Halbert and Winslow, and a passed ball and wild pitch. In this inning Yale got a run by a base on balls and passed ball, wild pitch and an error by short. In the eighth Yale got another run on a muff of Richards' long fly to centre-field and a base hit by Terry. This tied the score...
Earned runs - Harvards, 1. Three base hit - Beeman. First base on balls - Harvards, 3; Yales, 2. First base on errors - Harvards, 3; Yales, 5. Struck out - Harvards, 8; Yales, 4. Double play - Thayer. Passed balls - Merrill, 2; Crocker, 3. Wild pitches - Lyon, 2; Winslow, 1. Time, 2h. 15 m. Umpire, Charles F. Wilber...