Sentences with phrase «cleanup hitter»

I mean, it doesn't help that Giancarlo Stanton has as many home runs at AT&T Park this year (3) in 17 plate appearances as the Giants» cleanup hitter has in 248, but the problems go far beyond that.

Now it's cleanup hitter Didi Gregorius» turn to drive Judge in and extend this lead.

So, for some reason, the Dodgers» cleanup hitter Kiké Hernandez just bunted to try to move Turner from second to third base, but his bunt ends up getting Turner out at third... so the Dodgers gave up an out and lost their lead runner in the process.

That leaves driving Bregman in up to Carlos Correa, the Astros» cleanup hitter and shortstop.

So Ward sat down and created a colorful cast of baseball losers — a washed - up cad of a catcher named Jake Taylor, a brash young fireballer nicknamed Wild Thing, a voodoo - worshipping cleanup hitter named Pedro Cerrano.

George Brett and cleanup hitter Frank White should benefit significantly from the acquisition of the righthanded Tartabull.

Cleanup hitter Helton was a QB at Tennessee before being replaced by a guy named Peyton Manning in 1994.

Cleanup hitter Jack Clark was batting, and the count was full.

Possibly, but feast thine eyes on the Cubs hitters who will likely bat after the cleanup hitter:

You know there's a problem when the other team is willing to intentionally walk your three - hole hitter to get to your cleanup hitter...

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 RBIs.

When Buster Posey was called up for the first time, the Giants» cleanup hitter was a catcher with a.281 on - base percentage.

When he's mashing like the cleanup hitter they thought they were acquiring, he looks like a cornerstone of the team, someone who will be around for at least three or four years.

This year, as Vanderbilt's cleanup hitter, Bledsoe ranked second in the nation with a.459 average and was SEC player of the year.

If it works, they have a cleanup hitter for the next half - decade to pair with Paul Goldschmidt.

Two outs, and here's Carlos Correa, the cleanup hitter.

But I think they'll use Belt as a No. 5, if not a cleanup hitter, to break up the lefties and righties.

Every person plays an important role in Traussi's lineup, but the cleanup hitter is Chef Daniel Boulud, the founder and driving force behind The Dinex Group.

Not exact matches

Davey's comment could be restated as, «Zimmerman is always terrible in April, so I've been intentionally penciling a terrible hitter into the cleanup spot for the first half of the month, and I'm going to continue doing so for the rest of the month.»