Sentences with phrase «hit line drives»
As long as the Giants could hit line drives into the gap at home, they would be fine.
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Utilize his strengths — hitting line drives / fly balls and his speed — I would try him in the # 2 spot.
Betts was the Sox» first run of the afternoon, and was then responsible for the next three, as he hit a line drive shot over the Green Monster his next time up.
As a result, he had only one hit, prompting from Martin the sour grapes observation, «Every time we hit a line drive, it's caught.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Yonder Alonso hit a line drive foul towards the first base line; however, instead of the ball hitting a fan, the ball girl caught it.
Bernsen: I was never a great hitter, and David told me to hit a line drive between second and third for one scene.
One day he got mad and hit a line drive right into my eye.
Last year one of our players hit a line drive off his shoulder.
The third factor is that, well, the Giants are supremely bad at hitting line drives at all this year.
Oh ya, one more thing; if Rafael Furcal hits a line drive down the left field line, it should be a double right?
In talking we almost always use active verbs: «Jackson hit a line drive to center field.»
Not exact matches
In his third at bat he got hit by a pitch, but was later doubled off first base when he wandered a little too far from the bag on a line drive.
Alliance's partnerships with New Line (owner of the Lord of the Rings franchise), Miramax Films and other Hollywood hit factories drove its dominance in the market.
The Volvo was in self - driving mode with a human backup driver at the wheel when it hit 49 - year - old Elaine Herzberg as she was walking a bicycle outside the lines of a crosswalk, police said.
Last year's #DeleteUber movement, which attracted an estimated 200,000, helped drive a management change at the start - up because it hit Uber's bottom line.
The line drive base hit he got was smoked — need to see more of that.
But the father of a young girl who was hit by a line drive says that she's doing all right, and I'm going to squeeze those words for the maximum possible amount of optimism.
What ensued was a purely struck line drive that will rank with the best shots Faldo has ever hit.
He is a.260 hitter and is learning to settle for frequent and accurate slap hits (curving line drives, like hooked golf shots), rather than the occasional long ball he hit in Visalia.
Aroldis Chapman was hit in the face with a comeback line drive courtesy of Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez on Wednesday night, immediately leaving the game on a stretcher and going to the hospital.
The Lions» drive started at the end of the third quarter from their own 20 - yard line, but the Bills were flagged for a 15 - yard penalty because of a hit linebacker Preston Brown delivered to Stafford as he was sliding.
On Saturday afternoon, Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb was hit in the head by a line drive from Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer.
Hit Parade A seasonlong fusillade of line drives has the Angels» Darin Erstad in hot pursuit of one of the game's venerable records
Through five innings Baltimore had only a line drive single by Mussina, who capped a 10 - pitch at bat with his first hit since 1987, when he was playing for Montoursville (Pa.) High.
«Keep the driver in the bag,» Golf Channel analyst Nick Faldo said during a Tuesday conference call about the penal nature of hitting drives off line on the demanding Stadium Course.
And that's why virtually every obituary last week began with some variation of Herb Score, the former major league pitcher whose promise went unfulfilled after a line drive hit him in the face...
It's one of the scariest scenes in baseball, Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ was hit squarely in the head by a line drive off the bat of Tampa Bay Rays» Desmond Jennings in the second inning of Tuesday's game a Tropicana Field.
Aroldis Chapman was hit in the head with a Salvador Perez line drive on Wednesday during a spring training game and as a result was taken off the field on a stretcher.
They've instituted home run limits, and in some leagues - shudder the thought - a ball hit over the fence becomes an out; it also leads to more attempts at line drives, which puts everyone in danger.
I know it is a small sample size but he is hitting the ball hard and is hitting a lot of line drives.
In his next he had only one hit, a line drive to left which he stretched to a double with a terrific burst of speed, but he also walked three times, stole second once and another time so bothered the opposing pitcher with his dancing, threatening gestures toward second that the batter, Bill Skowron, was eventually able to pick out a fat pitch and smack it over the wall.
On Saturday afternoon, Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb was hit in the head by a line drive from Kansas City...
Rodgers passed for 59 yards of an 80 - yard drive before Montgomery hit paydirt again, diving through his offensive line to silence a stunned AT&T Stadium crowd and push the visiting team's lead to 21 - 3.
In 1992 California Angels pitcher Matt Keough was hit in the right temple and nearly killed by a line drive while seated in the dugout of Scottsdale Stadium in Arizona.
Facing Kansas City's Vida Blue the next day, he hit a searing line drive that Third Baseman George Brett speared near the line.
The Russians hit back almost straight away with a catch and drive line - out from 5 metres out leading to Andrey Garbuzov diving over, Klyuchnikov was unsuccessful with his conversion attempt.
But in 1968, when he was a high - kicking 24 - year - old farm boy from Minnesota, Jerry Koosman hit the National League like a line drive off Willie McCovey's bat.
Step 1 - Fill the lineup with line - drive hitters who go gap to gap, putting balls in play that would be a hit at any ballpark.
Spotting the Stoke «keeper marginally off of his line, the Frenchman went for a driven chip that hit the roof of the net with only minutes left in the game.
There are a ton of Dodgers fans who will bet them no matter the line, and some value bettors should hit the Astros as the Dodgers money drives the line to a favorable spot for them.»
One of the greatest fears shared by major - league pitchers — and hitters — was realized at a spring training game in Surprise, Ariz., last Wednesday night: Aroldis Chapman, the fireballing Cincinnati Reds closer, was hit flush in the face by a line drive off the bat of Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez.
``... crossing double yellow lines, driving onto a sidewalk, veering into oncoming traffic and hitting two cars...»
The most graphic case of this kind of injury I ever saw came during a game of summer camp softball when Sidney Katz (not his real name) was playing second base (not his real position) and was hit by a line drive in the antler (not his real appendage).
Fast forward a few years (and a few kids) and I'm hitting the drive - thru for my morning latte and pumpkin bread for the kids, lunching on a tomato mozzarella sandwich in the carpool line and sometimes an afternoon iced green tea is an essential pick - me - up to make it though the day.
► A man driving a Smart Car nearly hits a line of people crossing the road, but pulls off to the side in time to avoid them.
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Removing the 3D (which most people will not use) and the PlayStation Move compatibility (which you don't get on the Xbox 360 version), you're left with a game that hits some solid line drives but never knocks it out of the park.
Penny Marshall, the artist formerly known as Laverne, hits a solid line drive in this pop - feminist period piece about a WWII - era women's baseball team.
Throughout the spring and summer, we would spend hours together, him hitting ball after ball for me to field and occasionally giving me advice, which one time included, «Okay, just give the tooth to me and head back out there,» after I had misjudged a line drive.
I would never ignore a worn tie rod; you could be driving down the road, hit a serious bump, and suddenly lose your ability to steer in a straight line, or worse.