Sentences with phrase «at leadoff»

Ender back at leadoff, no Acuna and I guess no Camargo either.

I saw the UT article about having Pirela at leadoff, but that guy is a free swinger (not a bad one).

Keep Kyle Watson at the leadoff hitter position.

Not exact matches

Right now the projected lineup over at Roster Resource has Troy Tulowitzki as the leadoff hitter for the Blue Jays.

He gets the extra-base hit he needs with a leadoff double, and then is immediately driven in when the Dodgers can't complete a play at first on a grounder by Alex Bregman, instead throwing it away.

Leadoff man Michael «backups each play at 1st base from Catcher» Goldstein had 4 hits and a few RBI of his own..

So, for now we have a solid contact hitter, w above average base running ability, and elite play in CF who can be a leadoff man if there is no other excellent choice (like today's lineup) or can be a fantastic setup man at # 8 for bunting over w the pitcher and having high average guys at 1/2 drive him in.

Herzog's leadoff hitter, Vince Coleman (27 RBIs in 517 at bats), is so bad in that category that he will probably be the first player the Cards try to trade after the season.

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.

Everybody at the top of the White Sox lineup has contributed: At week's end leadoff man Tim Raines had a first - inning batting average of.389, Joey Cora had scored 21 runs, Frank Thomas had hit 10 homers (no other player had more than seven) and driven in 25 runs, and sometimes cleanup hitter Robin Ventura was batting a major league - high.511 (23 for 45) with 22 RBIat the top of the White Sox lineup has contributed: At week's end leadoff man Tim Raines had a first - inning batting average of.389, Joey Cora had scored 21 runs, Frank Thomas had hit 10 homers (no other player had more than seven) and driven in 25 runs, and sometimes cleanup hitter Robin Ventura was batting a major league - high.511 (23 for 45) with 22 RBIAt week's end leadoff man Tim Raines had a first - inning batting average of.389, Joey Cora had scored 21 runs, Frank Thomas had hit 10 homers (no other player had more than seven) and driven in 25 runs, and sometimes cleanup hitter Robin Ventura was batting a major league - high.511 (23 for 45) with 22 RBIs.

Miami's leadoff hitters other than Gordon this season have done quite well in his absence, hitting.324 /.396 /.420, with time split at the top of the order mostly between outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (31 starts), second baseman Derek Dietrich (22 starts) and catcher J.T. Realmuto (21 starts).

but to give him the extra at - bat that comes with batting leadoff is just nuts.

Keeping Up with The Jones The Twins are following their leadoff man, Jacque Jones, who's been a hit at the top

Then on Oct. 1 in Cincy, opening game at Redland Field, bottom of the first, little Eddie Cicotte, 29 - 7 on the year, 1.82 ERA with pinpoint control, plunks the Reds» leadoff hitter, Morrie Rath, square in the back.

Prosecutors said Thursday that they expect Singh to be the government's leadoff witness, and they have said in the past that they have 100 potential witnesses lined up to testify at a trial that could last two months at the federal courthouse in Central Islip.

The leadoff hitter on the panel will step up at 7:30 with the final buzzer sounding at 8:30.