Sentences with phrase «pinch hitters in»

He was one of the top pinch hitters in baseball, hitting.356 /.396 /.644 in 48 plate appearances, tied for first in MLB with four pinch - hit home runs and second with 13 RBI.

Thought to be suffering from a mere strain in spring training, Griffey went 0 for 12 as a pinch hitter in April, and then was placed on the DL after tweaking the hamstring while grounding out on April 28.

Not exact matches

When New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi decided to bench star third baseman Alex Rodriguez in the 9th inning of a playoff game this season, he chose to replace one of the all - time greatest hitters in MLB history with Raul Ibanez, an aging pinch hitter.

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.

Clark walked, and after pinch hitter Mike Jorgensen struck out, Terry Pendleton singled in Herr to put the Cardinals ahead 7 - 6.

Last season he had personal major league lows in home runs and RBIs, and at one point in September he got so fed up that he refused to enter a game as a pinch hitter.

An NL team could carry an extra hitter and be more aggressive about pinch - hitting, and some teams might just want a designated pinch - runner who will play in more games than they'll log plate appearances.

Los Angeles kept pace with the leaders, thanks in part to Pinch Hitter Steve Garvey, whose bases - loaded triple beat Philadelphia 8 - 6.

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.

In the Texas ninth, six players — three pitchers, two hitters and a pinch runner — were needed to complete an intentional walk.

In the ninth, he gave up hits to pinch hitter Ryan Flaherty and McLouth before being replaced by closer Tom Wilhelmsen.

If Moncada strikes out on multiple occasions with a runner on second, does it than follow that he will forever more strike out in this situation and should always, then, be lifted for a pinch - hitter when he'd due up with and there is a runner on second?

I guess I mean he's not your primary pinch hitter, but he's a bat you run out there in the middle innings when your pitcher comes up.

A total of 26 position players participated, including Ichiro Suzuki, who was the designated hitter and Don Kelly, who pinch ran for Ichiro and later took his place in the lineup.

The graph below displays the number of dedicated pinch hitters — defined as hitters with at least 75 PA in a season who made at least half of those PA as pinch hitters — per team grouped by decade, going back to 1953, when Baseball Prospectus's complete pinch - hit splits start.

Wetzel put him in as a pinch - hitter, and Challis «lined the first pitch to right field for a run - scoring single.»

Even pinch hitter Maya Rudolph can not squeeze blood from a stone as the best friend with little to do but sneak off to boink her husband in odd places, though she looks very funny in her Midwestern mom hair.

While ardent Red Sox fans will appreciate the inclusion of the real team's long - sought - for - victory in the 2004 World Series, many parents will be looking for a pinch - hitter to fill in for this adult - oriented romantic comedy.

Recovering from the debacle that was last week's Emma Stone hosted episode, «Saturday Night Live» brings in pinch hitter Jon Hamm to host the Halloween episode.

It gives you the options to have pinch - hitters and relieve pitchers and after every game you can make a trade but if you want a really in - depth GM mode it doesn't have that depth that a console game would have.