Word: striking
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University nine was shut out by Brown at Providence yesterday, by the score of 6 to 0. Lynch, the Brown pitcher, allowed only three scattered hits and struck out twelve men; receiving meanwhile, errorless support in the field. Coburn also pitched very creditably with eleven strike-outs and only four hits against him; but his effective work in the box proved unavailing, since he himself made an error which let in three runs, and every other man in the infield made one or more errors, all of which were very costly. Such deplorable fielding, however, was only in part responsible...
...second inning, when Abbott singled, Gray made a bunt hit, and Welch knocked a grounder, which was thrown wild by Coburn, allowing all three men to cross the plate. Pattee made another run in the next inning on a three-base hit and the muff of a third strike by Stephenson. In the fourth inning, Gray received a base on balls, reached second on a sacrifice hit, third on a passed ball, and came home on an error by Matthews. Lynch opened the eighth inning by getting to base on an error by Randall. Abbott, the next man up, made...
...many of its most glaring defects. The base-running, so slow and stupid in Saturday's game, has received special attention this week, and is now much more intelligent. Although unreliable, the batting has lately shown some improvement, especially at critical times. A tendency to hit too hard, and strike at bad balls has been in evidence. But with persistent coaching, these faults are being gradually overcome. R. Kernan is doing good work behind the bat, having shown marked improvement both in catching pitched balls and foul flies...
Brown defeated Yale in Providence on Saturday by the score of 7 to 0. The Brown team gave excellent support to the pitching of Lynch, who had fourteen strike-outs and allowed but three hits...
...score of 6 to 0, in a game that was rather uninteresting from a spectacular point of view. As neither team was able to hit the opposing pitcher, a pitchers' battle resulted, in which Clarkson proved to be far superior to either Devlin or Groves. The foul strike rule was used, making the game short...