Sentences with phrase «hitter against»

Industry professionals who have studied the companies» operations closely, however, are not convinced that the combination will create an entity strong enough to compete as a heavy hitter against sector leaders Walgreens and Amazon.

Matulovich followed his one - hit shutout of College Park with a March 21 no - hitter against Palo Alto (which included 11 strikeouts), and an April 3 no - hitter against Amador Valley - Pleasanton (14 strikeouts).

RaeAnn Garza — The James Logan junior pitcher tossed a one - hitter against American - Fremont on April 23.

Hernandez is a career.270 /.364 /.518 hitter against lefties, and batted.270 /.367 /.579 against them this season, so that's how he ends up moving up this far in the lineup despite someone as good as Keuchel on the mound.

He also spun a no - hitter against Pittsburg on May 12 and recorded a save on the year.

HUNTER SCHILPEROORT Westmont - Campbell — Baseball — Senior The dominant two - way player earned multiple Player of the Year honors after posting a 9 - 2 record with a 0.79 ERA with 86 strikeouts in 79 innings, and logging a pair of postseason shutouts, including a no - hitter against Santa Clara.

Other top pitching performances, Tampa Bay's Matt Garza's no hitter against the Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondback's Edwin Jackson's no hitter against the Tampa Bay Rays, Colorado Rockies Ubaldo Jimenez's unbelievable.78 ERA through 11 starts, Washington Nationals Stephen Strasburg's dominance to begin his career, and Florida Marlins Josh Johnson's 8 consecutive starts with giving up 1 or less runs.

The last Giants pitcher to throw a no - hitter against the Dodgers was Rube Marquard of the New York Giants no - hit the Brooklyn Dodgers at the Polo Grounds on April 15, 1915.

After throwing a no - hitter against the Reds on April 21st, the Las Vegas based South Point sportsbook listed Arrieta at +500 to toss another no - no this season, with «no» listed at -700.

Supposedly washed up in 1956, he became the key figure in Brooklyn's heart - catching pennant drive, winning 13 games and pitching a no - hitter against Philadelphia.

The number of no - hitters in postseason history, including Halladay's 2010 no - hitter against the Reds in Game 1 of the NLDS.

He responded by winning seven of his first 10 decisions in» 79, including a two - hitter against — yep — New York.

The philosophy no doubt explains the triple play and Mike Jorgensen's three - run homer that beat San Diego 3 - 2, Steve Renko's six - hitter against the Padres in a 5 - 3 triumph, and the eighth - inning homer by Bob Bailey that tripped Los Angeles 4 - 3.

Update 10/3/2015: Max Scherzer no - hit the Mets on the final Saturday of the regular season, his second no - no in the same season, to go along with his June 20 no - hitter against the Pirates.

Not exact matches

In Game 5, they had the lead, might have extended it further if not for the kind of send at third base that haunts a fan base for years, left the bases loaded late, and then had their best hitter this year, Daniel Murphy, weakly pop up in the ninth against Kershaw, who was working on a day of rest.

Mikolas has looked terrible so far, not because he can't get his pitches to work (well, partially), but because the pitches that worked in Japan, a largely contact league, don't work against patient MLB hitters that aren't looking to foul the ball away like they do in Japan.

There's this weird myth that's survived about Greg Maddux being a master of control who thrived because hitters couldn't make solid contact against him.

And on July 20, 1958, against the Red Sox in Fenway Park, he pitched what was then called «the gabbiest no - hitter of all time» — he talked about the possibility as early as the sixth inning.

The odds are against him, though, and it's likely he'll never be an even average hitter again.

In the way that the Red Sox and Yankees looked like world - beaters against this soft Rays lineup, is Snell hitting his spots today, or are the White Sox hitters just flailing incompetently?

Burnett, a career.123 hitter, says his favorite bat was inscribed ROB ZOMBIE, but he broke it clubbing a triple against the Reds in April.

If a little kid can do that, just imagine what's going to happen against major league hitters.

Look for New York — which has MVPcandidates in centerfielder Carlos Beltran and third baseman David Wright and ared - hot leadoff hitter in shortstop Jose Reyes — to cruise home, especially with26 of its final 33 games against teams with losing records.

Last year hitters had a smaller chance of reaching base against Smoltz (26 %) than against any other pitcher in the big leagues.

The Yankees got their leadoff hitter aboard again against Carrasco, but Brett Gardner immediately hit into a double play.

Tom Seaver, who said, «I've spent six weeks wondering where my fastball was,» found it against the Reds, striking out 10 batters for the 60th time in his career and winning 8 - 0 with a five - hitter.

Yes, pitchers are generally garbage hitters, but that's against 95 mile per hour fastballs and curves that buckle the knees and change - ups that throw your timing off.

Even in California the Cards needed a two - hitter from rookie Silvio Martinez, in a 2 - 1 victory over the Giants, and a 2 - 0 shutout against the Dodgers from Pete Vuckovich, to salvage a 4 - 13 record in that state this season.

Kelly used switch - hitter Al Newman, who has one career homer, to bat for the lefthanded - hitting Hrbek (224 career homers) against Seattle southpaw Randy Johnson.

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Homer Bailey threw his second ever no - hitter Tuesday night against the San Francisco Giants.

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.

A no - hitter isn't brute strength, the athletic dominance of a superior player against inferior competition.

Pitchers had a focused gameplan; in particular, all the starters used the high fastball effectively against Angels hitters and neutralized their strengths.

Some heavy hitters have been drawn against each other in the third round draw with teams involved in European competition now joining in on the action.

The consensus in baseball is that most pitchers are struck by a ball that was pitched outside against a hitter who has shortened his swing in an attempt to drive the ball back where it was pitched.

Halladay's no - hitter, the second ever in the MLB playoffs, would help the Phillies beat the Reds in 4 - games, and eventually lead them to the World Series against the San Francisco Giants.

And it's definitely, unmistakably cool to watch the best pitchers in baseball with guaranteed matchup after matchup against the best hitters in baseball.

The Yankees» hitters were helpless against it.

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.

The teenage midfielder has impressed during his time with the Portuguese big hitters, and further enhanced his reputation last month by bagging an assist during the Champions League clash against Chelsea last month (via Metro) and a report on talkSPORT is now claiming that the Gunners have been having him scouted in recent weeks.

Some critics suggested that he didn't bring enough offense to the fight, but against a heavy - hitter like Golovkin, it is hard to fault Alvarez for taking a cautious approach and picking his spots.

These are valid arguments against a hitter.

It's adjusted for era, for park, for position, and it's one of the best ways to measure hitters and pitchers directly against each other.

But it's their work against lefthanded hitters that has kept them in the game and highly valued.

The insatiable hunger of managers for LOOGYs has led some to rely on players whose ability to get lefthanders out is more theoretical than practical — or, at least, is mitigated by the LOOGYs» ineffectiveness against righthanded batters, often pinch hitters, that they sometimes must face.

He had what all of us have against Roger Clemens — a tough night [two Ks and a fly - out]-- then came back to break up Bob Stanley's no - hitter [with a double in the fifth inning].

In the 7,313 rd game in Padres history, Andrew Cashner took a no - hitter into the fifth inning against the Phillies before Domonic Brown singled.

«The best thing is to dig a ball against a big hitter.»

Dc has already showed off a great chin against hard hitters but I'm still not sure

Against Bellarmine, Danner took a no - hitter into the seventh inning of a 4 - 1 win before the Bells put together three hits and scratched out a run.