Sentences with phrase «leading hitter»

As a junior, Hibbs was the team's second - leading hitter with 209 kills in a 31 - 9 season that finally ended in the section Div.

DiSanto and Grover were two of the team's top three hitters last year and will have to make up for the loss of second - leading hitter Leanna Collins, who graduated after last season.

Valley Christian returns half of their title team, including three of the section's top pitchers, the league's leading hitter and three others who finished in the top 20.

An unusual sequence of deadline deals in 2003 landed the Pirates infield prospect Freddy Sanchez, who is now the National League's leading hitter and least likely All - Star

In his last 15 games Oliver has smacked nine doubles and vaulted ahead of Catcher Jim Sundberg as the Rangers» leading hitter,.312 to.305 Oliver twice had four - hit nights during his hot spell, most recently last Friday in Chicago as Texas defeated the White Sox 9 - 5.

The A's have the second - leading hitter in the National League (McGee).

Selma, the team's leading hitter as a junior at.443 and with 29 RBI, will play at Cal next fall.

Once exchanged for one another in an offseason trade, Kemp -LRB-.347 /.389 /.592, three homers) and Grandal -LRB-.352 /.435 /.611, three homers) are the team's two leading hitters.

Not exact matches

But is he a better lead off hitter than Blackmon?

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.

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.

TATIANA TOLEAFOA James Logan - Union City — Volleyball — Junior The explosive outside hitter led the state with 635 kills, among stats reported to MaxPreps.com.

Led by senior middle Maddie Borch, setter Rachel Linden and hitters Rachel Nieto and Geneva Duffy, the Knights have the type of balance most teams envy.

NICOLE LIDDLE Archbishop Mitty - San Jose — Volleyball — Junior The junior outside hitter led the CIF Open Div.

Now, that team returns all of its heavy - hitters from a season ago, beginning with Harvard - bound post Mason Forbes who led the team in points, rebounds and blocked shots.

Their situation is similar to the Mariners»: Decent pitching (led by Mat Latos), but their hitters struggle in their cavernous park.

They hit 130 homers, and one of their leading home run hitters, Angel Pagan, was leaving in free agency.

Durocher and Maris should be voted in, but I resent any implication that Tony Oliva, a lifetime.304 hitter who won three batting titles and led the American League in hits five times, may be less deserving.

There was a dropped third strike that led to runs (but maybe shouldn't have), catcher's interference, an intentional walk to bad hitters, and an HBP with the bases loaded, and that was just the top of the fifth.

Then, with a one - run lead in the ninth inning and two men on base via walks, pinch - hitter Cookie Lavagetto hit a double off the right - field wall ending Bevens» no - hitter and winning the game for Brooklyn.

He leads American League hitters in WAR, according to Baseball - Reference.

Today's state - of - the - art hitter crowds the plate with such impunity that he needs to wear a protective plastic guard over his lead forearm while his hands hang in the strike zone.

Don Blasingame is a good second baseman and an ideal lead - off hitter.

Dustin Ackley doubled to lead off the bottom of the 12th, but didn't move any farther as Pedro Stropp retired the next three hitters.

Justin Verlander pitched the second no - hitter of his career on Saturday, leading the Detroit Tigers to a victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

EXTRA-BASE POWER Rooky Colavito, a solid.303 hitter, led all major league batters in extra-base percentage, but it was Walt Moryn, with a weak.264 average, who led the National League.

As a result, Jose Gonzalez, a career.194 hitter, may lead the Dodger outfield this season in games played.

Last season Nelson Cruz led the American League in home runs with 40 while Giancarlo Stanton led all National League hitters with 37.

The Xceleration team coached by Andy Schroeder and led by the Liberty - Brentwood duo of outside hitter Taylor Dixon and setter Kaitlynn Zdroik, were competing at the AAU National Championships in Orlando.

His 40 runs lead the team, as does his.397 on - base percentage making Trout an ideal leadoff hitter, but this rookie also swings a big stick.

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.

Vicky Braegelmann ALBANY, MINN. > Volleyball Braegelmann, a senior right - side hitter for Minnesota - Duluth, averaged 4.32 kills for the 29 — 2 Bulldogs, who led Division II in kills and won their fourth straight North Central Conference title.

Though Palmeiro, who led the Orioles with 31 homers and 91 RBIs at week's end, berated himself for batting only.260 — he was a.298 lifetime hitter entering the season — he's the closest thing to an offensive axis that Baltimore has.

She led the team in assists and contributed 173 kills — the third - highest total behind hitters Pinkney and Deters.

But in his last six years he won 129 games and lost only 47 (with 25 - 5, 26 - 8 and 27 - 9 seasons), gained five straight ERA titles, took the Cy Young Award three of four years and pitched four no - hitters, including a perfect game, in leading the Dodgers to three pennants.

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.

The team's veteran opposite hitter had 14 kills and four blocks to lead the U.S. to a 15 - 3, 15 - 7, 15 - 12 rout of Japan in a World League match.

Red Sox leftfielder Hanley Ramirez and Mariners designated hitter Nelson Cruz — both free agent signings from this past winter — are tied for the league lead in home runs, with 10.

The run has been led by Giancarlo Stanton, who is going on a Bondsian run through the second half and is looking to be the first hitter since Bonds to challenge the 61 home run mark.

The outside hitter leads the 22 - 0 Eagles volleyball team with 152 kills.

With a stellar cast of players led by pitcher - hitter Joe DeMers, College Park had the pieces, in fact, to be even stronger this season.

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.

Kara Campbell — The Vista del Lago junior outside hitter is led the section with 87 kills through the Eagles» first 12 matches.

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

Griffin Galvin — The Vista del Lago junior outside hitter led the Eagles to a second consecutive SJS Div.

Senior INF Kenny LeBeau led all Granite Bay hitters with a.442 average, 38 hits, and 20 RBI.

• THE STATS: The senior outside hitter led the Troubadours with 447 kills, 403 digs, 36 blocks, 30 aces, and 321 serve receptions.

The Golden Eagles jumped out to an 8 - 0 lead with star outside hitter Allie Barber sitting on the bench for the first seven points.

Arlington Heights was led by John Klopp, who who carried a one - hitter into the ninth inning against Northbrook.

Just two weeks ago, Schneiderman was leading Donovan by seven points in the polls, but by the time New Yorkers went to vote Tuesday morning, many pundits had expected a race that would go down to the wire, especially with some heavy hitters turning out to stump for the Republican.