Yet Henderson then knocked Moore's forkball over
the left centerfield fence for his first hit of the series and a 6 - 5 lead.
Acquired forthe second time by the Oakland A's, on May 3, Cust appeared in his first majorleague game in two years on May 6 — and in his fourth plate appearance launcheda pitch over
left centerfield at Tampa's Tropicana Field.
It was in another series against Cincinnati that summer that Ashburn pursued a fly ball to shallow
left centerfield.
The ball rose off Aaron's bat in the normal trajectory of his long hits — the arc of a four - iron shot in golf — ripping out over the infield, the shortstop instinctively bending his knees as if he could leap for it, and it headed for deep
left centerfield...
Not exact matches
(Previously Durocher moved Thomson from
centerfield to
left to free up at bats for 20 - year - old Willie Mays.)