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Article: Homers nice, but hit-by-pitch beats Reds Cardinals score three runs on one hit in seventh, win 9-6
Dayton Daily News;  October 2, 2005 ;     458 words ......League, he gave up 136 home runs in 137 starts, including 40...Anaheim Angels. When the home runs quit flying, it was 6-6, with...Cardinals had scored three runs on one hit. Relief pitcher...and hit Albert Pujols with a pitch. Albert didn't appreciate it...days like that, it is tough to ...

Article: Ganguly warned, loses two runs for running on pitch.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  October 9, 2003 ;     158 words ......umpires for running on the pitch during his unbeaten 100 in...declared, was also penalised two runs for his act. England's David...captain for running on the pitch while taking a single during...umpire also disallowed two runs taken during the infringement...rules treats running on the ...

Article: Cricket: Pitch hitters flourish; Worcestershire lead Warwickshire by 44 runs with eight second-innings wickets in hand.(Sport)
The Birmingham Post (England);  May 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ......the match. On a more placid pitch their innings would have been...balls, 13 fours), short of runs of late, also played with great...Warwickshire plundered 245 runs in a remarkable afternoon session...Bichel. The poor state of the pitch convinced the umpires to call in the pitch inspectors ...

Article: RUNS FOR THEIR MONEY GET ON BASE ANY WAY YOU CAN, WHETHER VIA HIT (CRAIG BIGGIO), BUNT (JUAN PIERRE), OR BEING HIT BY A PITCH (DEREK JETER) . . . . . . THEN MAYBE STEAL A BASE (KENNY LOFTON) ON THE WAY TO THE LEADOFF HITTER'S GOAL, CROSSING THE PLATE (CHUCK KNOBLAUCH)
The Boston Globe;  March 29, 2002 ;     700+ words ......statistic he values most - runs scored. The traditional definition...hitter, as his 290 career home runs and record 79 leadoff home runs will attest. "Everybody's looking...let Temple swing at the first pitch, a 2- and-0 pitch, or a 3-and...supposed to do. They don't take a pitch. ...

Article: PANTHERS DISPLAY POWER EARLY ON BASEBALL: MARDER BLASTS FIRST PITCH FOR HOME RUN, ONE OF THREE IN VICTORY FOR NEWBURY PARK. NEWBURY PARK 6, NOTRE DAME 3.(Sports)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  March 12, 2009 ;     404 words ......News It took Jack Marder one pitch to do his damage against Notre...Marder homered on the first pitch of the game and Dennis and Sherfy added home runs in the first and second innings...Lovullo followed with a first-pitch double, then Dennis came up...field for two more Panthers' runs. ...

Article: 1st pitch has been a charm in Papi's home run surge.(Sports)
The Boston Herald;  August 27, 2007 ;     212 words ......26-for-58 (.448) with six home runs when putting the first pitch in play. It is the second-best...the first pitch, hitting 11 home runs. This year, other than 3-2 situations...majors when putting the first pitch in play with a .353 average. Sometimes...

Article: CRICKET: FRIZZELLCOUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP: Bears facing pitch battle to save game; Warwickshire lead Middlesex by 117 runs with four second-innings wickets in hand.(Sport)
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 28, 2003 ;     640 words ......Edgbaston A deteriorating 'result' pitch and poor batting left Warwickshire...they achieved, but only by four runs after an inconsistent approach...irritating last wicket stand worth 44 runs. Joyce batted well, and deserved...allowed Middlesex to pick off runs with ease. Dubliner Joyce was...

Article: HERE'S THE PITCH: SCORE MORE RUNS
Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  August 25, 2000 ;     670 words ......innings, 60 pitches (33 of them balls), six runs, five hits, four walks, 20,000 boos and...question: Now what? "We have to score more runs, that's all," Frank Thomas said. "We've...baseball. We've just got to score more runs." Thursday would have been as good a day...option was to hope that the veterans ...

Article: CRIK: Blewett and Hodge divided on pitch as SA faces run-chase
AAP Sports News (Australia);  February 4, 2004 ;     244 words ......02-04-2004 CRIK: Blewett and Hodge divided on pitch as SA faces run-chase ADELAIDE, Feb 4...Greg Blewett praised the Adelaide Oval pitch while Victoria's Brad Hodge talked up...on 22, the Redbacks needed another 279 runs today to achieve their victory target...late yesterday and he did not expect the ...

Article: CRICKET: Bears pile up the runs on 'suspect' pitch; BEARS BATSMEN STUN DERBY RIVALS WITH SPECTACULAR ONSLAUGHT.(Sport)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  May 27, 2004 ;     461 words ......monitored throughout the day by ECB pitch inspector David Hughes. But...raced along at more than five runs an over and achieved an unlikely...The day yielded a total of 481 runs - the highest total in a day...punishment and his 11 overs cost 83 runs while Mark Harrity conceded...

Article: T.O. WINS WITH A LAST-PITCH EFFORT SOFTBALL: MATHEWS' SEVENTH-INNING SINGLE DRIVES IN WINNING RUNS.(Sports)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  March 19, 2008 ;     449 words ......Erik Boal Special to the Daily News One pitch to Kelli Barmasse nearly overshadowed a...for Agoura pitcher Kim Green, her last pitch to Marla Mathews spoiled an equally impressive...bound Mathews, who drove Green's first pitch to the base of the right-field wall. (As...

Article: Proteas on the brink of victory; Pakistan crash, but on a difficult, uncharacteristic pitch, SA must get the runs.(Sports)
The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  January 28, 2007 ;     492 words ......Pakistan here, leaving themselves 125 more runs to get with eight second innings wickets...with the Proteas fortunate to go 26 runs in front on the first innings after starting the day on 131/5, just 26 runs behind. The match will end well within...been much debate about the quality of the pitch ...

Article: Proteas on the brink of victory; Pakistan surrender but on a difficult, uncharacteristic pitch, SA must get the runs.(Sports)
The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  January 28, 2007 ;     492 words ......Pakistan here, leaving themselves 125 more runs to get with eight second innings wickets...with the Proteas fortunate to go 26 runs in front on the first innings after starting the day on 131/5, just 26 runs behind. The match will end well within...been much debate about the quality of the pitch ...

Article: Indians take charge as England stutter again ; An early strike for Stuart Broad fails to deter the hosts as they pile on the runs on a benign pitch as bowling attack struggles
Evening Standard - London;  December 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ......a few testing overs, though, runs came far too comfortably to...could have batted first on a dry pitch. But with some live grass on...left him just enough off the pitch for Matt Prior to snaffle a...square leg. By now, though, the pitch was starting to look ominously...