Sentences with word «leadoff»

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.

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They've won with hitting, outslugging the Phils 10 — 5 in Game 2 with first - pitch, first — inning, back - to - back home runs from shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and Holliday and a fourth - inning grand slam (manrui homa in Japanese) from Matsui, their spray - hitting leadoff man.

his hitting leadoff was mainly due to a lack of good options for the team during those years — or better said a lack of options for both # 1 and # 2 hitters.

It was the only leadoff walk that Kershaw has allowed.

The East struck first as leadoff hitter Nick Serafino drew a walk to open the game and eventually worked his way around to score the first of his three runs in the game.

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It'll take exactly one leadoff single in the bottom of the first of Game 3 to get it there.

It all starts at leadoff with junior shortstop Hope Alley, a University of Pittsburgh commit.

id rather have a lineup of leadoff hitters with decent speed than power hitters.

(Brady Anderson holds the record for single - season first - inning leadoff homers, with 12 in 1996.)

but to give him the extra at - bat that comes with batting leadoff is just nuts.

He's been getting leadoff hits, but not this time.

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The Cards were willing to take a one - year, $ 1.9 million gamble on DeShields because their best leadoff man last season was 41 - year - old Ozzie Smith, who has since retired.

Prosecutors said Thursday that they expect Singh to be the government's leadoff witness, and they have said in the past that they have 100 potential witnesses lined up to testify at a trial that could last two months at the federal courthouse in Central Islip.

The 27 - year - old Jones hasn't matched that goal — he had reached base 38 times in 111 first - inning leadoff plate appearances (34.2 %) through Sunday — but he has certainly energized Minnesota's offense.

If they extended the qualifying offer to Span, though, they still would have had their solid leadoff option, with Drew Storen available to trade for something else, or they would have had an extra pick at the end of the first round.

Marlins second baseman Luis Castillo is a classic leadoff hitter, reaching base often (through Sunday his.461 on - base percentage was second in the National League), stealing bases (a major - league - best 41) and scoring lots of runs (a team - high 69).

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.

Wade Boggs, who won his third batting title, would like to bat third, but he's Boston's only leadoff man.

But Jones had a mere 33 walks, fewer than any other regular American League leadoff hitter except the Yankees» Alfonso Soriano, who had just 19.

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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.

This was the first leadoff walk that Kershaw allowed all season.

Is it too much pressure to hit the rookie leadoff?

They were that team plus an improved Jeff Kent plus an improved leadoff situation plus a frontline starter plus a reliever who threw 100 mph back when that was a rarity.

In the first inning, North, on base after forcing leadoff hitter Bert Campaneris, attempted to steal.

For St. Louis, the only question mark concerns leadoff hitter Rafael Furcal.

Bedeviling opponents on the base paths, fleet leadoff man Scott Podsednik has the White Sox racing toward their first World Series in 46 years

«These are his Olympics,» said U.S. leadoff runner Andrew Valmon.

They have acquired two fine starters (Greg Swindell and Tim Belcher), a top - flight leadoff man in Roberts and a centerfielder (Dave Martinez) in case rookie Reggie Sanders, slated to replace the traded Eric Davis, doesn't pan out.

If that clicks he could be an easy.400 OBP leadoff hitter.

The Twins were the underdogs, and they literally came out swinging, kicking off the postseason with a Brian Dozier leadoff dinger.

Through Sunday this year's leadoff team in the draft, the Twins (69 - 93 in 2000), was atop the American League Central by a half game and had a record of 36 - 18 -LRB-.667)-- assuring it of the best record ever of any team to pick first.

which just rolls off the tongue, but because Springer was coming off of a 3 - for - 30 hitting streak that had seen the Astros» usually - fantastic leadoff batter mired in struggles for most of the ALCS and Game 1.

Delino DeShields is going to be a pure leadoff hitter and a Rule 5 steal?

The M's are giving away some of the value of the two players, though, by leaving Suzuki in his traditional leadoff spot while batting Figgins second.

So even though Galarraga hit most of his dingers in thin air, Weiss is a less - than - desirable leadoff hitter, Williams is little more than a modern - day Brad Komminsk, Kenny Lofton was speed and glove personified, and Andruw Jones is still young and unproven — you just know they'll be fine.

2: Who was the legit leadoff hitter under AA last year?

There is no true leadoff hitter, and while kids like five - tool rookie centerfielder Ruben Mateo, third baseman Tom Evans (who beat out highly - touted prospect Mike Lamb with a strong spring) and Kapler have plenty of potential, only Kapler is proven at the big league level.

The other guys will never be leadoff types, so you're pretty much only left with the option of switching Ender with Swanson.

Oriole leadoff hitter Brady Anderson, sideburned and suddenly unstoppable, is all the rage in Baltimore

That pitch was thrown, following about 150 others, to the White Sox leadoff hitter in the ninth inning, proof, as beleaguered major league hitters had long suspected, that the Ryan Express runs faster the later it gets.

Dexter Fowler is a fine leadoff hitter, and three - time All - Star -LRB-!)

During spring training Twins utilityman Denny Hocking informed leftfielder Jacque Jones, the team's newly minted leadoff hitter, that he was going to keep track of how often Jones started a game by getting on base.

They don't have a legitimate leadoff man.