But just then one of those "accidents" that are always cropping up in sport happened and the poor hitter made good, knocking a curious little twisting fly that the first baseman misjudged, and the run came in, again tieing the score.
Kerr was a notoriously good hitter and Ogden gave him his walking papers.
Not a single change was made in the badly-worded scoring rules, and in consequence the same old premium for record batting is offered to every "fungo" hitter in the ranks.
For this reason it would be a good plan, in the order of batting, to have a sure hitter follow each pitcher, so as to help bat him round.
Perhaps it was lucky that a not very formidable hitter was up next, for, after two balls had been called, Joe struck him out, making two down.
Only two down, and we've got a good hitter coming.
This man was a notorious base stealer and managed to get to third, while the player following him, who was the heaviest hitter on the team, had been passed by Joe on a signal from the captain, who did not want to take chances.
Then the long, rangy MacNeff, home-run hitterfor Place, faced Ken.
To every hitter Ken seemed to bring more effort, more relentless purpose to baffle them, more wonderful speed and control of his fast ball.
And right here at the start you knockers take this from me--I'll find more than one hitter among those kids!
Homans was a scientific short-field hitter and remarkably sure.
Let the hitter also remember that he can often back up a few yards in anticipation of a ball passing the fieldsman.
Each had a ball hit back to him by that powerful hitter Mr. H.
Mr. Whitehead was the great hitter of Kent; and Frame and Small were names as often mentioned as Pilch and Parr by our boys now.
The most likely source of serious injury, is when a hitter returns the ball with all his force, straight back to the bowler.
Compare Pilch with good general hitters, who, at the same time, guard their wicket, and I doubt if you can find from this select class a harder hitter in England.
A good off-hitter should send the ball according to its pitch, not to one point only, but to three or four.
A free leg-hitter may often be put out by placing an extra man On side, and bowling repeatedly at leg-stump--only do not pitch very far up to him.
We know a fine leg-hitter who lost his leg-hit entirely when he learnt to play better to the off.
If a good Off-hitter and a good Leg-hitter are in together, the same field that checks the one will give an opening to the other.
One of the best judges of the game I ever knew was once offered by a fine hitter a bet that he could not with his underhand bowling make him “give a chance” in half an hour.
Pilch run out because Rash hesitated,” or “Rash run out because when the hitter called he was not backing up.
Then, you can only have two inches to spare for the deviation of your hit; therefore, if a ball turns about two inches, while you are in the act of hitting, the truest hitter possible must miss.
Jumping over the ball, the hitter sprinted hard for first.
Leaning forward in a natural position, with his elbows on his knees and the fingers of his hands interlocked, Nelson thus telegraphed to Grant that the hitter would let the first ball pass and try to sacrifice on the next.
Why wasn't I born a home-run hitter instead of good looking, I wonder?
Seth Potter, never reckoned as a heavy hitter brought in a home run, and the score was once more a tie for no one else crossed home plate.
Two men out, a man on third waiting to rush in with the tieing run, a heavy hitter at bat and three balls and two strikes called on him.
The bat met the ball squarely and Sam had made the mistake of sending a fast ball to a heavy hitter enabling King to knock out a pretty three bagger.
The Wyndham crowd yelled madly as another runner scored and thehitter reached first safely.
He did strike the following hitter out; and then came Hooker, who found a bender and straightened it for a sizzling two-bagger that sent in both runners.
Mr. Hitter rushed off to look after some baggage, and Jim Nestor and the boys followed their excited friend.
Mr. Hitter raced up and down, calling for help, but no one paid much attention to him.
Jerry, as he pointed to Noddy Nixon and Bill Berry, wheeling away a big barrow full of ballast, with Mr. Hitter racing wildly after them.
Westerner, making a break for the door, and pushing Mr. Hitter aside.
He eyed Mr. Hitter for a moment as though he thought the agent might be responsible, and then he turned his gaze on the large woman.
Grasping Mr. Hitter by his coattails, she lifted him to his feet with ease--for he was not a large man.
I didn't seem to be able to get going in 1915 after I pitched that no-hitter early in April, and late in the season McGraw started riding me.
And the following year, I pitched a no-hitter against Brooklyn and beat Nap Rucker, two to nothing.
Ainslee says that Home-Run Baker uses that method altogether, and you know what kind of a hitter he is.
The shortstop, a sure hitter in a pinch, strode to the plate.
Murray, reputed to be the heaviest hitter on the Maroon team, was knocking out flies to his teammates, and Bert was forced to admire the confident way in which he lined the ball out, without ever missing a swing.
One safe hit to the outfield was all they needed, and they sent a pinch-hitter to the bat to bring in the fellows that were dancing about on the bases.
The succeeding hitter settled Tom’s hopes then and there.
Neither of them were dangerous batters, although that counted for little since at such times it frequently happens that the poorest hitter on a team comes to the mark with a rescuing wallop.
Mr. Hitter said there must be something queer in that box, to make the dog act that way, and he and I smelled of it, taking care not to get too close.
They knew it would take some days, and they did not expect an answer in less than a week, while Mr. Hitter told them that if they got money in payment for the destroyed boat within three months they would be lucky.
No, I saw Mr. Hitter the other day, and he advised me to wait a while before writing again.
Mr. Hitter had had several rides in the Dartaway for he had done the boys many favors and they wished to return them, so he was given a chance to get intimately acquainted with the speedy craft.
Taking the boys into his office, Mr. Hitter instructed them how to write a letter to the claim department of the Florida Coast Railway, demanding damages for the smashing of the boat.
Mr. Hitter said it might be some queer kind of poison that acted on animals, but not on human beings, and he put the box up on a high shelf where his dog couldn't get at it.
Mr. Hitter was not destined to, but the boys had not seen the last of the strangely acting man, who soon afterward played a strange part in their lives.
Let's go in and ask Mr. Hitter what to do about our boat," suggested Ned.
The next hitter succeeded in lifting a short fly to center field.
Tommy Chuckleson was the next hitter to face Dale.
That is, a hitter opponent of the empire, as the Consul M.
Thou knowest it, for death for her sake was not hitter to thee in Utica, where thou didst leave the garment that on the great day shall he so bright.
For the second we shall need a five, although a vast hitter may get home with two of his very best.
Some of the glamour of Harry Vardon still hangs round Ganton, although he has left it now for some years, and has a worthy successor in Edward Ray, the hitter of mighty drives and smoker of many pipes.
But another heavy hitter was up, and there was still work for Baseball Joe to do.
I might add that Sidney Watson, who had made a reputation as a left-fielder, and a hard hitter on the Brooklyn team, had lately been offered the position as manager of the Cardinals, and had taken it.
It was a chance not to be missed, and he indulged in a few delaying tactics in order to place, in his mind, the hitter and his special peculiarities.
I may need you later, Joe," he said as he arranged to send in a "pinch" hitter at a critical moment.
Lane knew that as well as any hitter in the world, so he let two of the curves go by--two strikes.
He drove more pitchers mad with his implacable patience than any hitter in the league.
None except a natural hitter could have had his position.
Some pitchers actually wilt when facing a hitter of Lane's reputation.
Kane, the best bunter, the fastest man to first, the hardesthitter in the league!
The third hitter reached his base on another error by an infielder.
Philadelphia's firsthitter had three strikes called on him.
He was an all-around ball player of the first class, a hard hitter and a fine thrower and fielder, and had it not been for his bad habits he might have still been playing ball to-day.
He could disguise a change of pace in such a manner as to deceive the most expert batsman, while as a scientific hitter himself he had few superiors.
With the score five to seven against them, Roxley put in a pinch,hitter by the name of Bixby.
The first fellow to face Tom was a hitter well-known for his prowess.
He had got his first eleven cap in the previous season as a mighty hitter and a fair slow bowler.
So he turned to pleasanter reflections: the yorker which had shattered the second-wicket man, and the slow head-ball which had led to a big hitter being caught on the boundary.
There were a round twenty of my Tin Whistles, each a shoulder-hitter and warm to shine in the graces of Big Kennedy.
It was my perilous repute as a hitter from the shoulder that stood my friend that night.
Mellen, good hitter always, wanted to drive it out, but Captain Church ordered the sacrifice, and Twitchell reached third, and Roger got to second.
How in the eighteenth inning with a runner on first base, the mightiest hitter of the Pennsylvania nine drove a hard hit ball to left center.
And the man was yelling all the time like the fans do at the baseball game when the score's a tie and the home team's heavy hitter slugs the ball on the left ear for a home run.
The crowd was painfully silent, for the Buffaloes, with only one man out, had men on the first and second bases, and the heaviest hitterof their team at the bat.
The Devil is not only a hard hitter with the bat, but he is a quick fielder, and he will pick a soul right off the bat of one of these soft muscle men while S.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hitter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
