Sentences with phrase «at bat against»

Then, in his first at bat against the Boston Red Sox, his principal antagonists, he whistled a vicious 408 - foot line drive off the centerfield wall with a swing he estimates required «50 - to 60 - percent» effort.

While Baines is batting.285 with 14 homers and 45 RBIs this season, he has hit.333 in 36 lifetime at bats against Roger Clemens and.367 in 49 at - bats against Mike Boddicker.

He went 23 — 4 with a 2.07 ERA, won the pitching triple crown (wins, ERA and strikeouts), set a major league record with 13.2 strikeouts per nine innings, did not allow a home run in any of the 293 at bats against him with a runner on, permitted only three leadoff walks to score (he walked the first batter only six times in 213 1/3 innings) and struck out 37 % of all batters he faced.

He spent the previous six seasons trying to persuade the Cincinnati Reds that he could be a regular, and in that time he hit.375 with 14 homers in 112 at bats against the Braves at Atlanta - Fulton County Stadium.

The Baltimore Orioles broke the game wide - open in the bottom of the 5th when Delmon Young, J.J. Hardy and Chris Davis homered in three consecutive at bats against the Rays.

Cargo just needs to be straight platooned already, he's looking fine (better than fine) against righties but way too many at bats against lefties.

Hitters have whiffed in almost half their at bats against the Korean righthander (71 of 148), and he has permitted only 23 hits in 42 2/3 innings.

Bonds has homered in each of his three at bats against Middlebrook, who said after Friday's game, «I threw him a couple of good sliders, and he didn't even lift his bat for them.

DH Ken Phelps has hit one homer every 12.8 at bats against righties since» 84.

Ruth hit one per 11.8 at bats against all pitchers.

He'll have to pitch around new Giant Ryan Garko, who has three homers and a 1.509 OPS in just 14 at bats against him, but he's pitching well enough that he should keep the Frisco bats in check.

Not exact matches

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Sentimental, tender, and kindly Erkel was perhaps the most unfeeling of the murderers who gathered against Shatov, and, having no personal hatred, could be present at his murder without batting an eye.

My main argument against Perez is that his success this season is at least partially driven by batting average.

I am just hoping McMahon gets enough at bats to convince BB to play him against RH pitching at 1B.

Even if they don't want to put Jake Lamb in a strict platoon, Uribe could at least take some of the at - bats against tougher lefties.

Hitting that double against Monte Vista was par for the course for Novitske, who led the team in batting average at.400 thru April.

At - bats against live, professional pitchers.

At the sound of the ball hitting the bat, in the broadcast booth the chief voice of the Atlanta Braves rose against the tumult to describe the event over the air to his part of the outside world.

He could spread it out over 350 at - bats, filling in against tough left - handers.

The eight top home run hitters over the past five years — McGwire, Sosa, Albert Belle, Vinny Castilla, Juan Gonzalez, Ken Griffey Jr., Rafael Palmeiro and Mo Vaughn — have a combined career average of.107 against Martinez, with just one home run (by Gonzalez) in 84 times at bat.

He had two separate 10 - pitch at - bats against Scott Baker in the same game.

First baseman Jim Thome, who already had walloped two home runs, foolishly salivated at the opportunity to bat with a 3 - and - 0 count against Martinez.

What a complete waste of money Emerson seems even though he's better than alonso if you can't play against palace gd luck playing at all and giroud over morata that's how you kill your main strikers confidence like he did with bats

(Boog puts down the bat and leans against it in a typical batting posture as he looks out at the audience.

After he had felt the champagne flow over him and had indulged the overflow media at his locker, Martinez got back on the bike — just as he would every day of his disastrous ALCS against Cleveland, during which he fell into an uncharacteristic slump and batted.087 as the Mariners lost in six games.

He struggled in the ALCS, going 3 - for - 26 against the Yankees, and began this World Series with four strikeouts in four at - bats in Game 1.

As memorable as Derek Jeter's walk - off single in his final career at - bat at Yankees Stadium tonight against the Orioles was, it probably doesn't...

In his return to Texas Tuesday, Ian Kinsler hit a solo - shot on his first at - bat playing against his former team.

But «here, we'll give you 3 at bats a week against the guys we think are too tough for CarGo to handle» is not a role that sets up a rookie to succeed.

He just might get at - bats against real major leaguers.

Jones still must improve his hitting against lefthanders, though; he had a.193 average in 119 at bats through Sunday.

i think hurdle takes too much heat at times, but batting rodriguez first against a right - handed pitcher is truly asinine.

They'll get their first at - bats in Week 3 against the Sammy 1s who are looking to get back on the right track.

In his absence, his Team played well against the Defending Champs and eeked out a 5 - 4 W. Brian Levitas and Jason Wenk had key at - bats in this one.

«When we were up against it and whenever we were playing at that time, even when we were a goal down and sitting on the line, you thought, «Don't worry, somebody else will pick up the bat and somebody will do it».

Dan Bankhead did the same against the Pirates on August 26, 1947, in his first major league at - bat.

I'm ruling out Keita right off the bat not because I have anything against him personally, but because there's something about his demeanor that makes me think he doesn't quite have the personality / character to succeed at Juve.

Our trip was not without travel hiccups, as are wont to happen at this time of year; we had delays, missed connections, a surprise night in Singapore, no luggage for the first four days we were in Bali, and a particularly exciting evening whereupon sensing something large had flown against our mosquito net, we realized there was a bat in our room.

You have to be able to stay healthy, avoid the disabled list, maintain your skills, get lots of at bats... There are so many things that have to go right in order to make this kind of thing happen, it is like the deck is stacked against you.

Geeks of Doom was on hand for the «Pacific Rim» panel at which Guillermo Del Toro showed off a brand new trailer in which, «a 25 - story high Jaeger robot [dragged] an oil tanker behind it through the streets of Hong Kong, to use as a bat against a Kaiju, followed by a two - fist slap to the Kaiju's head.»

Kurt goes to bat against the nay - sayers and does a fairly good job at convincing us.

During a visit on Monday, many of Ella's occupants were taking the proverbial cat nap, while others padded around, batting at toys or rubbing up against visitors.

Tomb Raider featured Resident Evil-esque gunplay (at least as far as aiming goes) that pitted Croft against wolves, bats, bears, and, of course, those dastardly humans.

Billy doesn't only use bats to keep his foes at bay — he also readily picks up guns and cold - bloodedly shoots the thugs down, completely going against the martial arts spirit of the series.

If the prospect of a personal injury claim against an e-cigarette manufacturer seems too remote a prospect at present, it is perhaps more certain that «big tobacco» will be back in court over the next 12 months, with BAT promising to resist any legislation for plain packaging of conventional cigarettes, and to counter moves to more closely regulate e-cigarette marketing.

The woman on Channel 16 had warned that this might be the last mild weekend for a long stretch, if not for the rest of the year, so come Saturday Rangel puttered around the yard, scratching the ground haphazardly in a way she called «raking,» unfurling the BBQ umbrella and then winding it down again and tying it off at the bottom against invasion by sleepy bats.