Sentences with phrase «hitter going»

The 2016 Buick Encore is one of the hottest vehicles in the crossover segment, and it has been Buick's heaviest hitter going on two years now.

It was a pitchers» duel most of the way, as Alex Wood had a no - hitter going for 5-2/3 innings and was somehow not the most dominant of the two starters in the game.

Wood has a no - hitter going, and Morton has faced the minimum despite giving up a hit to open the game.

The Dodgers had one good hitter going into the 1988 World Series, and he was broken.

The two Youngs haven't been introduced and only met twice in game action, with the hitter going 0 for 6.

The Reds» Roger Nelson had a no - hitter going for seven innings, but Bobby Bonds broke it up with a two - run homer in the eighth.

Hitters go 0 - for - 4, and they do it often, even if it looks like a mismatch on paper.

Turns out, he's pretty average as No. 5 hitters go.

My problem with AA's small talk about waiting for Acuña to get hot and the fans that are buying it is that every hitter goes through slumps, even Trout and roided up Barry Bonds.

Think about this... hitter goes to the plate and takes a swing.

Not exact matches

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«I'm going out there every singlegame,» he says, «and pressing: I might throw a no - hitter today!

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.

It's offensive if he's an awful hitter for a first baseman because that's a waste of a position that should go to a slugger.

Remember, Gattis doesn't have significant platoon splits, but it's also not going to matter here, as he gets intentionally walked to bring up another pinch - hitter, Cameron Maybin — it gets Kershaw a different matchup, and also, maybe more importantly, forces AJ Hinch to take Chris Devenski out of the game now and go to another pitcher in the bottom of the frame.

Darvish isn't exactly having an easy time putting hitters away, but he is pitching better than he was at the start when it started to look like it was going to be a short night for him and a long one for his Dodgers.

He might end up being the same kind of difference maker Correa was, but don't take that to mean he's going to be a fantastic hitter out of the gate.

He's never going to be a 20 - homer hitter, but there's still untapped potential there.

«To get his body going, he has to decide to swing so much earlier than most other hitters,» one rival scout said.

There are a couple of hitters in the league I'm willing to admit there are times I'm not gonna pitch to»em.

But your good hitters are going to hit you.

The good hitters are going to get their hits.

NFL scouts say before his injury that he was a home - run hitter, a break - the - line - of - scrimmage - and - go back who rarely got caught.

A happy Swede predicted: «I'm gonna beat those guys tomorrow, and I'm just liable to pitch a no - hitter doing so.»

Other than Ian Happ, the young hitters haven't progressed nearly as well as the Cubs had hope, with Kyle Schwarber going back to the minors to tinker with his swing, even.

Balance is the key for the Cougars, and if they are going to make a deep postseason run, sophomore middle Carley Ward, outside hitters Ni'Yesha Brown and Bailey Gamez along with setter Brooke Hadfield and libero Marissa Angeja will be leading the way.

Now, we're in an offseason where a potential superstar like Shohei Ohtani is only getting the league minimum after signing with the Angels for a capped international bonus figure; where one of the very best hitters in the game, J.D. Martinez, still can't find a reasonable offer with less than two weeks to go before spring training; where Yu Darvish can't sign with either of the teams he would like to (the richest out there, the Yankees and Dodgers), despite their having a need for a starter of his caliber, because they «need» to clear salary in order to avoid paying the luxury tax.

It is the draw you want; you either want someone who you can go out and beat or you draw one of the big hitters and they don't come much bigger than Arsenal.

If the Royals want to stay on top, they probably still need to add another hitter and absolutely need to add another starter, or else the bullpen is going to be run into the ground before the season is over: Kansas City starters averaged just 5-1/3 innings during these 20 games to go along with that horrid ERA, and that's not going to work all season in what is still a competitive division.

They had a weird stretch where they decided that letting the opposing hitters put the ball in play was going to work.

You may wonder why teams keep trading with Alderson, why his counterparts even get on the phone with him, go near him, lest they lose a limb and a leadoff hitter.

«He's the one going for a no - hitter.»

Over the final weekend of the regular season Sano appeared in three games, going 1 - of - 8 with three strikeouts, but was limited to designated hitter duty.

I'm not going to pretend that Kyle Kendrick in Coors is the path to regular season success, but the offense will threaten 800 runs or more... if their best hitters are all healthy.

then he K's the 8 and 9 hitter — no big surprise, and i thought we were gonna get out of it.

By the time theycame home to Anaheim on April 21, their most feared hitter, Vladimir Guerrero, had gone on the disabled list, joining four of their starting pitchers.

Leyland said «no go» to the ace Verlander in Game 5, and instead let Doug Fister pitch perfect inning after perfect inning, holding the Yankees hitters down.

As the catcher and pitcher are figuring this all out, the hitter is going through the permutations in his head, too.

If things go well, Tomas as a hitter might resemble Justin Upton.

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

That goes for all of these teams, sure, but the Brewers might start the season with two hitters who wouldn't look out of place on a contending team, maybe three.

I'm a bit upset that the Royals went out of there way to fix Vallot's plate approach this spring even though, he was a well above average hitter in A +.

But if he is going to do that, he had better really put a little something extra on that first pitch to certain hitters.

The problem with being a fan and watching Jake hit is that For 1 month, he's going to suck For 1 month, he's going to suck even worse and be the worst hitter in the league For 1 month, he's going to be on fire

His game, however, is typically aggressive — he goes after pins, he pulls driver, and while not the longest hitter in golf, can still boom it at just 5» 9 and 150 pounds.

And although he is a good, determined pull hitter who is learning to go to the opposite field as well and baseball men are predicting he will hit 30 home runs a year, he may never be as good a hitter as Dickey or the others at their best.

If they are going to move Stanton down a little to maximize their RBI hitters 1 - 5 who are hot right now, then just flopping Sanchez and Stanton would be the most logical move.

So if the hitter is going to spot you that — if he's going to give you all the leverage he can — maybe there would have been a manager who would take it.

While he wouldn't go into what makes Houston so far ahead of hitters, he mentioned studying weaknesses.

I like Ender but if he ends up a top 3 hitter in our lineup after this wave of prospects settles something went very wrong....