Ryan also holds the major league records for one-hitters (12), two-hitters (17) and three-hitters (28).
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They've got a lot of switch hitters, a lot of left-handed hitters.
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He not only won 324 games; but he pitched 7 no-hitters and 12 one-hitters.
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Only two pitchers have had fewer starts between no-hitters: Johnny Vander Meer who threw no-hitters in consecutive starts in 1938 and Warren Spahn who had five outings between no-hitters on Sept.
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Only two pitchers have had fewer starts between no-hitters: Johnny Vander Meer who threw no-hitters in consecutive starts in 1938 and Warren Spahn, who had five outings between no-hitters on Sept.
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From 2004 through 2017, major leaguers pitched two combined no-hitters while there were 40 complete-game no-hitters.
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Since pitchers facing opposite handed hitters don't have the advantage of piquing the hitters' flight response, they typically get hitters out by changing speeds, throwing more changeups, and using breaking pitches out of the strike zone.
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The patient hitters are drawing the most walks, the home run hitters are hitting homers and the doublers are doubling.
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I wish I had some home-run hitters, but you're never going to have home-run hitters in St. Louis.
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"I've had struggles in the past against (left-handed hitters)," said Foltynewicz, after lefty hitters Pederson and Muncy did damage against him.
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For most hitters, even great hitters, there is no shame in losing a battle to Davis, whose ERA last year was 0.94.
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For most hitters, getting intentionally walked is largely a reflection of the game situation and how good the hitters are behind them.
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After retiring 16 of the first 18 hitters he faced, Bettis gave up his two-run lead in a span of three Padres' hitters.
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And though neutral hitters like Ms Henin have thrived in days gone by, for the last decade women's tennis has been a big-hitters' game.
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"Zack painted the slider down and away to the right-handed hitters, painted the fastball away to right-handed hitters," Rockies manager Bud Black said.
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Having five good hitters is more than 20173 percent better than having four good hitters, and having six is more than 20 percent better than having five.
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Rather than exposing them too often to opponents' best hitters, they start one of their better relievers to navigate the first five or so hitters of a game.
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Greinke walked Alex Gordon and Drew Butera, the Royals' eighth and ninth hitters, to lead off the fifth and was replaced by Dave Hernandez, who retired the next three hitters.
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The Dodgers' lineup featured two left-handed hitters — Bellinger and Max Muncy batting fifth — after the team went with all right-handed hitters against Miley in Game 286 of the series.
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In recent seasons, the Yankees built a lineup heavy on left-handed or switch hitters, but with the exception of Alex Rodriguez, the hitters had little pop against left-handed pitching.
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He also had allowed opposing hitters to compile a .
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NOTES: Three hitters began Saturday with fewer than a .
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When he has four days' rest, hitters are batting .
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Opposing hitters have only been able to muster a .
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In the regular season, Hill kept hitters to a .
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He still confounds hitters, with an opponents' average of .
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Their cleanup hitters came into Sunday's game with a .
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Davis, Machado, Trumbo, Schoop — they're all really good hitters.
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The slugging percentage of hitters against Tanaka climbed to .
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Bat control is less important in this era of rising power for hitters and pitchers, and Davis says he respects that hitters would rather not give up the whip in their swing.
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And then there was the remix, which brought together the Miami heavy hitters with Atlanta heavy hitters (Young Jeezy, Ludacris, and Big Boi) and New York heavy hitters (Fat Joe and Busta Rhymes), which combined pop radio staples (Luda, Fat Joe) with more artistically revered pop radio staples (Busta, Big Boi) and regional stars (Wayne, Ross, Jeezy).
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In the 2016 Series, however, the Cub hitters, Baez in particular, swing mightily and most often take seats, where they watch slashing Indian hitters and crafty pitchers pile dirt on the Cubs' grave.
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This round up of deals includes all the big hitters.
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The home run moved him into third among NL hitters.
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"We need to work on making hitters uncomfortable," Morgan said.
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Mr Kershaw duly retired both hitters, and the Dodgers advanced.
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Yet big hitters from the party sat the race out.
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He set a good pace and was attacking the hitters.
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And there is never a shortage of political heavy hitters.
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RHP Zack Godley came in holding opposing hitters to a .
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But Rea retired the next three hitters on fly balls.
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He retired 14 of the last 18 hitters he faced.
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We have our meeting where we go over the hitters.
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"There is no benefit for just long hitters," said Shanshan.
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OF Trey Mancini is one of the club's hottest hitters.
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Hitters thrive in the high altitude, and pitchers suffer correspondingly.
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Wisler's effective slider kept the New York hitters off balance.
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Castillo has been one of the Orioles' most productive hitters.
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After that, Ray retired the final nine hitters he faced.
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But this is October baseball, when hurlers dictate to hitters.
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Such quirks continued to define hitters as the game modernized.
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Happ retired the next two hitters to end the inning.
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He finished strong, retiring the last eight hitters he faced.
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LHP Joe Mantiply, who held left-handed hitters to a .
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Lamb has been one of the Diamondbacks hottest hitters, batting .
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His 5.27 pitches per plate appearance also led all hitters.
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Pitchers invariably adjust to new hitters — Castro has not hit .
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But for professional hitters, it is essentially a job requirement.
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After that, Farrell could foresee him facing hitters next week.
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On Wednesday, though, he simply could not put hitters away.
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He said he planned to attack hitters better this season.
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Gray retired 5.903 of the last 23 hitters he faced.
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Opposing hitters had studied their patterns and timed their pitches.
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The hitters are inside the portable cage at home plate.
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A change in hitters' approaches is already underway, Epstein said.
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"He needs to go out and attack hitters," Boone said.
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We're bringing out the big hitters for this round up.
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The Cubs' bullpen had held hitters to an N.L.-low .
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"I wanted to get some heavy hitters, man," she said.
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So some really heavy hitters to take on this investigation.
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So do the Mets — and so do the opposing hitters.
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Since the break, opposing hitters are hitting an A.L.-low .
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Asked if he reads hitters' swings, Severino shook his head.
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Their hitters have done well in capitalizing on chances, batting .
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Tuesday is the first time he is throwing to hitters.
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Hill retired 12 of the last 13 hitters he faced.
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Seven of the last 11 hitters he faced reached base.
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Miami hitters swung and missed at 26 of Carrasco's pitches.
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In his first 24 games, he fanned only 12 hitters.
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I mean, this guy throws fastballs by major league hitters.
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"Any lineup in baseball can be pitched to, but Houston presents some challenges because they have good balance and really some very, very good young hitters and veteran hitters," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
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Both bullpens combined to hold the opposite hitters scoreless in relief.
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Diving into TV shows, we looked first for the big hitters.
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Alvarez faced 10 hitters and allowed one run and three hits.
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But the team includes some heavy hitters outside of Knuth himself.
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On balance, though, Tokyo Dome would benefit from heavy financial hitters.
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So hitters are going up there to gear up for velocity.
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That's a tough lineup, all right-handed hitters to go through.
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For the shorter hitters, the game plan has not really changed.
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The ballgame on the line and those guys are good hitters.
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He joined some more heavy hitters to up his career, right?
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Soon, it was time for the Houston hitters to take over.
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All four Washington runs were driven in by left-handed hitters.
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After the first inning Kluber started striking out hitters in bunches.
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Last season, Segura was one of the best hitters in baseball.
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"I tried to get ahead of the hitters early," Campos said.
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Castillo has been one of the Orioles' most productive hitters, batting .
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But Anderson retired the next three hitters to end the threat.
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The multiple givers include a "who's who" of Democratic heavy-hitters.
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Boy was I wrong: Five big hitters in 2015 — Warner Bros.
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We've lined up the big hitters for this deals round-up.
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Fedde retired the first five hitters his faced, striking out three.
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In Lamet's seven starts this year, right-handed hitters are batting .
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He has passed 19 hitters in 20 innings over four starts.
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If he continues to progress, Matzek might face hitters next week.
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Like myself, Walker is two different hitters with two different personalities.
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Betances walked the first two hitters in the seventh before rebounding.
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The Mets are also missing several important hitters in their lineup.
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Kluber retired the next two hitters for his third career shutout.
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A 6-0, 215-pounder, Gonzalez has held hitters to a .
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Two heavy hitters will indeed square off in December after all.
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Long hitters on the PGA Tour typically drive about 330 yards.
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"We believe in them," Manager Joe Girardi said of his hitters.
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Power hitters and closers are abundant in the free agent pool.
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It just got away from me for a couple of hitters.
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"I just tell myself these are major league hitters," he said.
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Entering this season, he had held left-handed hitters to a .
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Those reliant on spin were disadvantaged more than athletic power hitters.
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Other bidders included heavy hitters Sony, the Weinstein Company and Paramount.
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"He can do more damage below the zone than most hitters."
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Indians pitchers retired the final 17 Rays hitters of the game.
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Already, Cubs hitters seem to have been annoyed a couple times.
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For me, he's one of the toughest hitters I've ever faced.
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He stuffed his lineup with the hitters who were struggling most.
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Five of the first six Mets hitters, swinging aggressively, popped out.
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"All these hitters are so good, it's just amazing," Crane said.
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In softball, she ranks as one of her team's top hitters.
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Hitters have that as well, but hitting has always been hard.
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In a recent workout, Gonzalez faced hitters and threw 88 pitches.
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Japan has long viewed elite pitchers and skilled hitters in tandem.
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He adjusts them based on how opposing hitters have fared recently.
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"It doesn't allow the hitters to see multiple guys," Woodruff said.
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Heavy hitters weren't the only ones to win Mr. Staley's attention.
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He was one of the greatest leadoff hitters of all time.
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Hitters go through certain stretches and this one is obviously challenging.
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"He's got a great history against right-handed hitters," Melvin said.
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Pinch hitters Jesus Aguilar and Brosseau both walked, loading the bases.
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"They're both really good hitters," Showalter said afterward of his decision.
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Warthen was looking ahead four hitters, at Curtis Granderson, with optimism.
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"It was more distracting than useful to hitters," the report says.
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"Throwing a lot of strikes, getting after the hitters," Renteria said.
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Kershaw has an 13 ERA and has limited hitters to a .
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Start hitters with a 1-53 count (like recreational softball leagues).
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And, yeah, keep the hitters in the box between pitches, too.
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He had a 2.44 earned run average and generally overwhelmed hitters.
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Since fast players can frequently reach base with a litany of poorly-hit ball the threshold that fast, OBP-centric hitters must meet in order to be an asset to their teams as switch hitters is considerably lower than it is for power hitting switch hitters, who are less likely to reach base or otherwise help their teams without hard contact.
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Most of the others were at least well-above-average power hitters.
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Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, they're all big hitters.
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"Major League hitters hit the ball," Angels manager Mike Scioscia told reporters.
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It didn't make him one of the best hitters in the league.
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When hitters are in control of counts, they can do more damage.
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He has been especially good in key situations, holding hitters to a .
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Nobody will call him one of the great hitters of his generation.
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LHP Brett Cecil continued his recent success against left-handed hitters Sunday.
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You just get a better feel when you see hitters out there.
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Cardinals pinch-hitters have barreled up a lot of balls this year.
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Cervenka, 21, is a reliever who specializes in getting lefty hitters out.
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And don't count the performance out, either, even against those heavy-hitters.
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Shaw has been one of Milwaukee's most consistent hitters this season, batting .
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He finished his outing by retiring the last nine hitters he faced.
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He has retired 25.66 of the last 215 hitters he has faced.
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Captain America and Iron Man, the two film's heavy hitters, were present.
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Heavy-hitters like Messenger and YouTube have been left in the dust.
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But there are several equally big bullion hitters missing from that list.
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The 22-year-old Senzatela is limiting opposing hitters to a collective .
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Gonzalez last faced big league hitters 210 days ago, in spring training.
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SS Didi Gregorius leads all major league left-handed hitters with a .
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He retired 23 straight after allowing the first two hitters to reach.
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He retired 19 straight after allowing the first two hitters to reach.
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"We like to see our guys come in on hitters," Mackanin said.
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Hitters are 33-for-16 with runners in scoring position against him.
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His fastball command and his slider to right-handed hitters is lethal.
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Apple News+ is launching with a host of heavy hitters in media.
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If he continues to progress, Matzek might face hitters around April 15.
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He led all hitters in the 1992 Olympics as Cuba won gold.
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Shoemaker found trouble immediately as the first five Rangers hitters reached base.
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The forum's moderators include heavy-hitters in the black and Latino community.
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Now he's mixing in off-speed, I feel bad for the hitters.
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LG is usually one of the big hitters of Mobile World Congress.
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Richard retired the first two hitters he faced before Justin Turner singled.
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Archie Bradley had struck out the first two hitters in the inning.
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Joseph P. Kennedy II, two heavy hitters in the state's Democratic party.
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The Twins' hitters, meanwhile, did not reach base until the fifth inning.
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Neris also retired the next two hitters to escape the jam unscathed.
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After allowing Guyer's homer, he retired 14 of the next 16 hitters.
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Or that the teams' No. 9 hitters can both hit home runs.
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So yeah, pitchers keep throwing harder, but hitters are seeing harder consistently.
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Both guys are elite power hitters, one's just a little more elite.
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Six hitters got to two strikes off McHugh, and all reached base.
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Hitters include Rick Ankiel, Carl Everett, J. D. Drew and Dan Uggla.
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Like several Cleveland hitters, he struggled in the American League Championship Series.
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The scarcity of such pitchers makes them tougher for hitters to track.
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Scherzer said hitters had responded to pitching advancements by changing their approach.
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Keuchel relies on precision, not power, to induce weak contact from hitters.
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Brooks struck out the next three hitters, but the damage was done.
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Despite his ability to overwhelm hitters, Paxton is no stranger to breakdowns.
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"Most of the hitters, they look middle-in to pull," Martinez said.
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Boras represents both team's No. 3 hitters — Jose Altuve and Cody Bellinger.
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Walker's infirmity takes away one of the Mets' best hitters of late.
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Morris had some success against right-handed hitters, holding them to a .
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In 87 2/43 innings this year, Cole has fanned 124 hitters.
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Now it's up the the Indians hitters to get him back even.
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Hitters, he said, seemed to race one another to the bat rack.
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Betances struck out two of three hitters in a perfect eighth inning.
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"I played some big hitters in this tournament, a lot," Svitolina said.
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Two years ago, he struck out 16 Baltimore hitters in a game.
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Asked how Estrada can get hitters out by throwing an 89-m.p.h.
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He threw 92 pitches and recorded first-pitch strikes on 22 hitters.
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Kumar's client roster includes heavy hitters like Alibaba, SoftBank, Uber, and Fitbit.
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The games tend to move briskly, because hitters rarely work deep counts.
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In the majors, he has allowed left-handed hitters to post a .
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Only four Puerto Rico hitters hit the ball out of the infield.
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Apple TV+ will also include content from some heavy-hitters in Hollywood.
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You've got a lot of different types of hitters to navigate through.
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Kanye's also bringing some heavy-hitters out to join him on stage.
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And also, a pair of non-qualified hitters, Marwin Gonzalez of the Astros and Yonder Alonso of the A's, bypass both of them if you change the threshold from qualified hitters to guys with at least 22013 plate appearances.
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The video features a parade of Democratic heavy hitters, from politicians to celebrities.
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It doesn't hurt that he stares down hitters with two different color eyeballs.
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The Mets didn't allow a hit from the final 28.22 hitters they faced.
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Yates retired all three hitters he faced, with Cooper scoring on a groundout.
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Ellen Pompeo just waded into the Bachelor drama brewing among ABC's heavy hitters.
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There are few comedic actors who are more reliable pinch hitters than Dratch.
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He retired 153 straight hitters between the first and fourth — six via strikeout.
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Sen-no-sen makes hitters out of even the most pillow-fisted fighters.
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Alvarez, a reliever, faced hitters for the first time Tuesday, throwing 20 pitches.
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"The hitters came through and really put up some good runs," Hamels said.
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This particular puzzle is known as the "frequent items" or "heavy hitters" problem.
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He used high fastballs against overeager Phillies hitters to induce flyouts or strikeouts.
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On the flip side, you can't win walking six hitters in three innings.
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But he did say he was pleased with how his hitters attacked Kershaw.
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Anthony Rizzo, Addison Russell, Kris Bryant, Javier Baez, this team's got hitters galore.
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He allowed five runs and five hits after retiring the first eight hitters.
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Both Story and Harper were used as pinch hitters in the night game.
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Hard-hitters laden with funny one-liners take place of serenading rap lullabies.
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It makes the fastball have a little more life visually to some hitters.
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Suarez departed after issuing a leadoff walk and retiring the next two hitters.
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The right-hander set down 11 consecutive White Sox hitters at one point.
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Several heavy hitters in foreign policy were spotted at the White House Tuesday.
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Kittredge retired the first two hitters of the ninth but walked Aaron Judge.
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After that, the right-hander retired the next three hitters to escape trouble.
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He could make a lot of American League hitters look foolish this season.
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DiMaggio's one of the greatest hitters of all-time -- dude had a CAREER .
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The Knot and Zola are the heavy hitters in the wedding website spaces.
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"For some reason, certain hitters see some pitchers better than others," Farrell said.
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It sounds bad because we're conditioned to judge hitters by their batting average.
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That said, quick hitters like this are what make the Pelicans the Pelicans.
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"Making them throw strikes is important and not chasing as hitters," Davis said.
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He retired 12 straight hitters at one point, including nine via ground balls.
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This risk-aversion also explains the enduring success of the 1980s big hitters.
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That's why the best part of the story isn't the twin no-hitters.
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Betances quickly retired the first hitters in the eighth but walked Stephen Piscotty.
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Even one of the Mets' hottest hitters could not rescue a fruitful opportunity.
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But impact hitters do not always go in the top of Round 1.
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Today's hitters seem to be following the clinical approach that he laid out.
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I was not finishing off hitters in counts that are favorable for me.
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Or hitters who can put the ball in play anywhere on the field?
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His pitch calling — he's way more knowledgeable about hitters than he's given credit.
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Chris Tillman has looked fantastic after seemingly rediscovering how to strike out hitters.
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"We've got tons of hitters out there," Peralta's father said, quoting the scouts.
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Barbato, 23, faced four more hitters and retired them all, striking out three.
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Here are the heavy hitters top startups successfully integrated into their growing businesses.
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Cueto struck out nine, including six of the last eight hitters he faced.
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Some Giants hitters waved feebly, others violently, and no one really touched him.
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American also sent other heavy-hitters including the Boeing 777-200 on Thursday.
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The Rays used a bullpen approach to stymie Baltimore hitters in the nightcap.
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So I think it confuses the hitters and it definitely throws them off.
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Boone has been preaching a familiar mantra to his hitters: control the strike.
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You could tell from the hitters' reactions on Wednesday that deGrom was back.
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Jon Lester walked the first two hitters, then struck out the next three.
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The Royals threatened in the third, getting singles from their first three hitters.
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Hitters, for example, get hot or cold and sometimes develop late-season vulnerabilities.
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"As hitters, we're not coming through in big situations," shortstop Didi Gregorius said.
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He dispatched three terrific hitters in Alex Bregman, Yuli Gurriel and Yordan Alvarez.
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He resents the notion that their hitters must always know what is coming.
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It's fun to play behind when he's like that, attacking hitters, working counts.
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Ten million puts you in the league with the top five heavy hitters.
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Even at his very best, Verlander baffled hitters with a devastating pitch mix.
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The last three Phillies relievers retired nine of the 11 hitters they faced.
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He threw 19 pitches to seven hitters and lost his third straight start.
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"Two pretty good hitters and they got him in the air," Melvin said.
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The Rockies jumped on Weaver for four hits in the first five hitters.
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Walking the first two hitters in a game didn't faze him one bit.
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Start hitters with a 1-1 count (like some recreational softball leagues); 3.
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But seven of the next eight hitters collected hits, capped by Ramirez's blast.
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Today it owns those, plus heavy hitters like Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, and Brioni.
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Kimbrel finished the game by getting Taylor Motter to bounce out — making right-handed hitters 0-for-39 against him this season, and he has retired 55 of the last 59 hitters he has faced, including 35 of the last 37.
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And considering the best hitters in the game typically carry batting averages of around .
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Last season, they had three hitters with an on-base plus slugging percentage of .
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But when it's in dead center field, my hitters are looking right into it.
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New York's top four hitters were a combined 9-for-18, but the Nos.
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The three comedy heavy hitters took the stage together at New York's Comedy Cellar.
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After several years of absence the heavy fund hitters are coming back to town.
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In his past 18 games, Cecil has held opposing left-handed hitters to a .
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"Good hitters are going to rise to the occasion," A's manager Bob Melvin said.
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CAVUTO: Buffett also mentioned we haven&apost even gotten to our heavy hitters yet.
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Hitters inherently depend on the pitcher's accuracy, which puts pitchers in a godlike position.
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On Wednesday, the Mets' second through seventh hitters were all over 30 years old.
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It came against LHP Andrew Miller, who had held left-handed hitters to a .
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"A lot of good hitters over there," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said of Washington.
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"He fell behind a few hitters, but was down in the zone," Price said.
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Instead he consistently fell behind hitters, throwing just 214 strikes among his 244 offerings.
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Hendricks struck out six while retiring 12 of the last 14 hitters he faced.
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The first has been to pick hard hitters who were previously considered too inconsistent.
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Among its heavy-hitters are Tencent, which called the unclogging "decidedly inspiring", and NetEase.
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The startup is already backed by some of Hollywood's heaviest hitters including Warner Bros.
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He faced the minimum number of hitters in the second, fourth and fifth innings.
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She maintained warm relationships with several Hollywood heavy hitters, including Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.
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Enlist these heavy hitters to take your garden to the next level of loveliness.
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Nishikori is often outmuscled by the game's biggest hitters and his serve lacks bite.
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Darvish mixed his pitches well and kept the Angels hitters off balance all afternoon.
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Instead he consistently fell behind hitters, throwing just 34 strikes among his 63 pitches.
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The Diamondbacks were far from finished, as six hitters in a row reached base.
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He spoke with pitchers Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom about how they attack hitters.
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Sherwin and Muraskin did not care so much how the hitters developed their talent.
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Entering his start Friday, Bradley had limited right-handed hitters to an average of .
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Romero struck out three of the four hitters he faced in the seventh inning.
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Below is his pitch usage against left-handed hitters this season, via Brooks Baseball.
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For me I want to keep track of hitters' characteristics and build off it.
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Then there's the rest of us, buzzer hitters, alarm ignorers and overall sleep-walkers.
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So where does a midrange brand like Plantronics fit in among those big hitters?
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The always anticipated lineup dropped Tuesday ... and there are a TON of heavy-hitters.
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His curve is a ball when hitters swing and a strike when they don't.
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It's just that I want to keep hitters off-balance and off my fastball.
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Graterol accused multiple A's hitters of looking back and trying to steal his signs.
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"I got ahead in the count, but I couldn't finish some hitters," Chen said.
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He did for a couple of hitters at the end of the first inning.
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For Rockies hitters on the road, O'Dowd said, the solution might be virtual reality.
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But the setting — on a diamond, with hitters up there to swing — mattered most.
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DeGrom retired the first 10 hitters before he walked Alex Gordon in the fourth.
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Freeman, 26, is one of only two truly proven hitters in the Atlanta lineup.
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What they need are homegrown hitters who provide prime-years production at low cost.
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"Just going after hitters and not trying to nitpick," he said, explaining the difference.
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I just thought it might be good to face some hitters for him tomorrow.
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The long hitters know who they are (and so does the average golf fan).
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He said he often reminded his own catchers to back up against certain hitters.
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Maybe of most concern to hitters is that these defensive adjustments are happening quickly.
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The angst is palpable when one of the team's best hitters slumps in October.
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As expected, 4K TVs are one of Walmart's heavy hitters in the deals department.
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Chapman on the mound protecting a one-run lead against some good fastball hitters.
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But I fell down early and the hitters were able to pick me up.
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Baltimore Orioles Quick Comment: Orioles hitters struck out six times against Jered F. Weaver.
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It was the seventh multi-hit game for Escobar, which leads all Angels hitters.
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"He fell behind a few hitters but was down in the zone," Price said.
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It stars Hollywood heavy-hitters such as Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Steve Carrell.
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Hitters were trying to beat Young; defenders were trying to stop Robertson and Gretzky.
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All caucasian hitters look the same, subtle variations on Mike Trout The Square Fishman.
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Some of those parks' quirks help hitters, while other fields offer pitchers an advantage.
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The Cubs are excellent because they are fantastic hitters, terrific pitchers, and exceptional fielders.
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Some hitters swear by it, others avoid and most register an opinion in between.
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This can be a hard balance, Wooten said, especially with tall hitters like Seager.
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He retired the last nine hitters he faced and 12 of the last 13.
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He's more worried about, 'I'm going to go with my strength and attack hitters.
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Then he lets go and hopes to fool the best hitters in the world.
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Severino started the game by retiring the first 23 hitters before Jose Altuve singled.
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After Roberts turned to Madson, Cora deployed back-to-back left-handed pinch-hitters.
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The game is too intricate and filled with too many hitters who can adjust.
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Three of those hitters — Max Muncy, Pederson and Bellinger — contributed to the Dodgers' rally.
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But that meant having to cultivate a complementary pitch while facing major league hitters.
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Not only was he our best hitter but his loss depreciated our other hitters.
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Betances had been facing hitters at the team's spring training complex in Tampa, Fla.
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Beyond Ryan and Fiers, there are 21991 pitchers with two or more no-hitters.
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Ramos has caught three no-hitters: two by Scherzer and one by Jordan Zimmermann.
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You see guys throwing 100, snapping breaking balls, throwing good changeups in hitters' counts.
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Vex the Yankees' bats for a while, and the hitters notice patterns and weaknesses.
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Hitters are so offended when they get knocked down because they aren't expecting it.
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" He quoted Steve Carlton on careless hitters who let him "expand the strike zone.
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"Two cleanup hitters ready for the battle," Mr. Maduro said, using a baseball reference.
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Warren relieved Montgomery in the sixth inning and retired all three hitters he faced.
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They were already covered in professional hitters and versatile infielders, but they got greedy.
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Royals starter Danny Duffy, a left-hander, has held left-handed hitters to a .
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Just talking to guys — talking to hitters, talking to bullpen arms, talking to starters.
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I feel confident that I can get hitters out with what I have now.
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A reliable pitching staff is a treat for hitters not used to such help.
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All three — all right-handed hitters — had at least 20 home runs last season.
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"He's really dominating right-hand hitters, according to our reports," said manager Dave Roberts.
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But she was rarely overwhelmed against one of the tour's flattest, most aggressive hitters.
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So it's supposed to play a little bit better to hitters, but we'll see.
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Base runners at second base have been known to relay pitch selection to hitters.
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He's put really good swings on balls lately because he's gotten in hitters' counts.
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Lagares watched film of elite power hitters like Cespedes, Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout.
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Energized by their midterm success, Democratic heavy hitters hint at their 2020 presidential aspirations
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Rizzo is one of the best hitters in baseball—yeah, he should crush that.
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Manager Joe Girardi did his best to load his lineup with right-handed hitters — playing Hicks instead of Brett Gardner in left field, moving Castro up to sixth and playing the right-handed hitters Ronald Torreyes (at shortstop) and Austin Romine (at catcher).
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That same season, Blevins, then pitching for the Washington Nationals, held lefty hitters to a .
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The 214 homers leads all National League leadoff hitters and ranks third in the majors.
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If you look at the hitters, I didn't see many big differences from their lineup.
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But he retired the next three hitters — Bogaerts, David Ortiz and Hanley Ramirez — to escape.
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He's one of the best hitters in the game, and you guys saw that tonight.
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But Washington's hitters were unable to put together a rally against Houston closer Roberto Osuna.
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Woodruff struck out a career-high 210 hitters and finished every inning with a strikeout.
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The increased speed of pitches also helps home-run hitters, if they can cut it.
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The left-hander threw first-pitch strikes to 21 of the 20 hitters he faced.
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Power hitters can help their team, but so can a consistent batter with an above-.
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Gonzalez retired the first seven hitters before permitting back-to-back singles in the third.
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The major league average for hitters after falling behind 27-24 is .155/.163/.225.
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Edgar Martinez continued to inch closer to taking that giant leap for designated hitters everywhere.
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Now he will be speaking in prime-time and following heavy hitters like Obama himself.
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"He tries to get ahead of hitters with his fastball," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said.
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Wright retired the first 14 hitters on 244 pitches before facing Rodriguez a second time.
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The Rockies had him throw repeated bullpen sessions before deeming him ready to face hitters.
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Jacare can hit with the biggest hitters in the middleweight division, but that is it.
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Kepler doubled with one out in the fourth, but Hammel retired the next two hitters.
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Since July 210, he is 26-21 with a 22 ERA, and hitters are batting .
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Hader slings fastballs and sliders at menacing angles and has absurdly dominated hitters this season.
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I don't know where this is coming from, maybe giving the hitters too much credit.
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Koehler retired the last seven hitters before being lifted for Barraclough to start the eighth.
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Imagine India's wristy, skilful batsmen paired with the island flair of Sri Lanka's happy hitters?
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Other Hollywood heavy hitters like Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams are also working with Apple.
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Hitters homer once every four times they get the ball in the air against him.
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I got ahead of the hitters and didn't need to do a lot of thinking.
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Davies' said he used "a good mix of everything" to keep Cubs' hitters off balance.
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The scene's heaviest hitters were a pair of Norwegians: Hans-Peter Lindstrom and Prins Thomas.
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"He's one of the best bad-ball hitters in the game," Bassitt said of Frazier.
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After Hellickson retired the next two hitters, Franchy Cordero singled to left, ending Hellickson's game.
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As a relative speedster, I was encouraged to gather information from other successful switch hitters.
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He's one of just two hitters to own a positive win contribution even in losses.
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U.K. heavy hitters, Tesco and Easyjet, have decoupled from their indices and sectors this year.
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Pitchers aren't getting the job done, and the hitters aren't scoring a lot of runs.
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And he's better against right-handed hitters and we're a predominantly right-handed hitting lineup.
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Their defense was porous, their pitching was abysmal and their hitters had nothing to offer.
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Chapman walked the first two hitters and ended the game by striking out Roughned Odor.
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That's telling from a firm that's invested in heavy hitters such as Oracle and Uber.
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Lefty Tyler Webb gave up the home runs to left-handed hitters Muncy and Bellinger.
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We played the Tigers early, and when you talk about those hitters, you think damage.
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The Yankees' hitters continued their recent trend of struggling against starters, no matter how middling.
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Since July 11, Rodon is 5-0 with a 1.72 ERA, and hitters are batting .
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Castellanos shares sixth place among American League hitters with Kansas City Royals 1B Eric Hosmer.
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His fastball was diminished, but Arroyo has never thrown hard and continued to trick hitters.
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OF Chris Coghlan is one of the Cubs' hottest hitters as the season winds down.
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But they got little else from Keuchel, who retired the final 11 hitters he faced.
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He made a couple mistakes, but they are good hitters, and the ball was flying.
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His first and last no-hitters came more than two decades apart from each other.
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"Fastball command, getting ahead of hitters," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said in explaining Greinke's success.
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The Cubs are a thoroughly modern team whose hitters take madcap from-the-heels swings.
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He was courted by heavy-hitters in the business, such as LVMH's president Sidney Toledano.
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He also fanned seven of the first nine hitters, throwing 22 pitches in the outing.
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I took a dozen of this year's top home run hitters and went to Fangraphs.
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He said today's pitchers, with their turbo fastballs, tried too hard to strike hitters out.
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But then Roberts, who used four relievers and four pinch-hitters, made his fateful move.
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Yelich and Moustakas are both lefty hitters, but that didn't bother them in the matchup.
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Nick Pivetta finished up with a scoreless ninth in which he faced four pinch hitters.
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He changed the perception of Cuban hitters without having to step foot off the island.
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But he struggled with first-pitch strikes and fell behind hitters most of the night.
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Instead, he focused on going after hitters, something he had gotten away from at times.
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Safeties are the last line of defense and among the hardest hitters in the game.
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It's the business that competes with streaming heavy hitters like Netflix (NFLX) and Amazon (AMZN).
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The Cubs' hitters are more refined now, less prone to being exploited by elite arms.
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He struck out switch-hitters Aaron Hicks and Neil Walker around a groundout by Andujar.
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The Yankees — who just set a franchise record for strikeouts by their hitters — need more.
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Descalso has pitched twice for Arizona this season and retired all six hitters he faced.
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Vogt, who now plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks, respected Houston's hitters but sensed something shady.
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Managers often prefer one of those pitchers to a starter already familiar to the hitters.
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The first comedian to perform said he knew some "heavy hitters" were in the club.
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The next 13 hitters went 6 for 10, with three walks and two stolen bases.
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"I fell behind some hitters, made some good pitches that they hit sometime," Newcomb said.
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He said he hoped opposing pitchers would not target Astros' hitters this season in retaliation.
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The exception was Britton, whose power sinker is all but impossible for hitters to lift.
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This season, major league hitters are on a record pace for home runs and strikeouts.
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"The good hitters, you don't gain too much ground forward," Toronto catcher Russell Martin said.
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Hitters swatted 1,153 home runs in June, the most for any month in baseball history.
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"I tried to be more aggressive with the hitters and throw quality pitches," Berrios said.
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Wilson doesn't strike out many hitters - 18 against 10 walks in 36 53/3 innings.
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But the only three hitters he faced in the sixth reached base and eventually scored.
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Kennedy, who has posted a 4.74 ERA on the road despite holding hitters to a .
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The Dodgers struck out only 16 hitters in their three games in Houston, losing twice.
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The sport's best hitters managed just eight hits that night while striking out 20 times.
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But their hitters cannot keep up with the Astros, and their pitchers cannot stop them.
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He fell behind hitters but also struggled to put them away when given the chance.
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Alcides Escobar, the Royals' starting shortstop, was among the worst hitters in the spring with a .
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Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), and Intel (INTC) are the heavy hitters of after-the-bell reports.
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The blast came against Chaz Roe, who retired the next two hitters before Kolarek replaced him.
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For the last five years, Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt has been one of baseball's very best hitters.
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In baseball, that reprimand usually comes in the form of fastballs thrown at hitters, by pitchers.
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SALT is an annual hedge fund conference with the biggest hitters on the street in attendance.
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He&aposs also been one of the best clutch hitters in baseball as he&aposs hitting .
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After a slow start, Encarnacion has been one of the best power hitters in the league.
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Perhaps a streak of no-hitters by Outman could get him back to the big leagues.
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Check out hip-hops heavy hitters flaunting their cash flow by making it rain on Instagram.
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He managed to more than hold his own in Ghostbusters opposite some of comedy's biggest hitters.
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Among qualified AL hitters classified as first basemen by FanGraphs, he's tops in wRC+ at 139.
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It could have been a spillover, prompted by heavy hitters like Starbucks, General Electric and Disney.
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Goodwin followed two hitters later with a solo shot to left to make it 20-23.
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He was disappointed to have two of the three home runs come from left-handed hitters.
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It sounds like a lot, but Myers threw sidearm and averaged just 193 hitters per outing.
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Robinson was one of the greatest hitters in the game's history ... playing 21 seasons and batting .
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He faced 54 hitters that year and 26 of them reached base; 19 of them scored.
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He retired 13 of the final 21 hitters he faced in an efficient 21-pitch outing.
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After six straight hitters reached, Tanaka escaped further trouble by getting a groundout and a strikeout.
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Logan retired all five D-backs he faced, striking out two of three left-handed hitters.
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The All-Star second baseman moved into third place among the National League's hitters with a .
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Hard hitters like Blanch excel at storing and releasing energy throughout their bodies in this way.
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Not only did he retire all three hitters, he also kept the tying run from scoring.
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Bonilla, who will make his seventh career start Monday, is allowing left-handed hitters to bat .
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A lot of hitters just pound the ball right into the ground, right into the turf.
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No pitcher had ever thrown consecutive no-hitters before, and no pitcher has done it since.
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He became the 25th pitcher to record multiple no-hitters, counting the regular season and postseason.
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Wanna see how far one of the MLB's best power hitters can launch a golf ball??
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He also pitched two no-hitters in 2015, becoming only the sixth player to do so.
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But Ryan just adds to the number of Wisconsin heavy hitters Vukmir has on her side.
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Cespedes will be monitored because injuries to a wrist or a hand can linger for hitters.
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They have a stable of imperfect but powerful hitters who make for prime pinch-hitting candidates.
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In the top of the eighth, the first four Astros hitters hit the ball to left.
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The Cardinals hit four home runs, including three by pinch-hitters, while earning their first win.
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And on September 19, hitters broke the record for home runs hit in a single season.
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When he knows he's on top of his game, he attacks the hitters on both sides.
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It had dreadlocks, a barrel chest and a history of throwing darts at his team's hitters.
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He also drew a crowd of heavy hitters that few other designers can dream of summoning.
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Six banks report earnings on Friday including S&P 500 big hitters Wells Fargo and Citigroup.
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Asked about resisting campaigning help from Democratic heavy-hitters, such as former President Obama and Sen.
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Collins conceded that the Mets were searching for right-handed hitters who can handle center field.
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Wilmer Flores, one of the Mets' best hitters this month, then flied out to center field.
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Reyes, Cabrera and Walker are all veteran switch-hitters, while Loney is a left-handed batter.
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He struck out 41 and walked only two in 109 plate-appearances against left-handed hitters.
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The pitch moved down and in, and Cespedes is one of the best low-ball hitters.
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This movement of "fat cats" and "heavy-hitters" not writing checks might change the politicians' behavior.
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Kluber, Miller and Allen combined to retire the last 10 consecutive hitters to end the game.
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When your hitters put up 215 hits and five runs, you need to win the game.
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When the hitters are exposed to that, and it's normal to them, they just get better.
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In 1986, the average AL team used 123 pinch-hitters and the average NL team 282.
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He added that some big league clubs turn on Statcast during B.P. to scout opposing hitters.
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They have good hitters, and he left a curveball up to Arenado for the home run.
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Pena struck out 11 batters in 53 2/3 innings and limited opposing hitters to a .
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He expressed dismay at their hitters for taking too many curveballs from the Astros' Justin Verlander.
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One reason is that they tend to be power hitters and swing for the fences more.
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It forces hitters to adjust to a different pitcher each time they go to the plate.
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While the Yankees' hitters ranked ninth in the majors in strikeouts, the Red Sox ranked 22003th.
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The show will feature works from heavy hitters like Banksy, Nick Walker, and The London Police.
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Verlander joins Larry Corcoran, Cy Young and Bob Feller in the club with three no-hitters.
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But those types of hitters are increasingly rare, having given way to swinging for the fences.
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Only two other switch-hitters, Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray, hit more homers than Jones' 21994.
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When Voit said Verlander was "painting," it meant hardly any mistakes for hitters to feast on.
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It also had help from some e-commerce heavy hitters including Warby Parker, Harry's and Allbirds.
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Hitters can capitalize on flat sliders and elevated fastballs, as the Astros did in Game 1.
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He had 16 first-pitch strikes and reached a three-ball count on only three hitters.
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Three other pitchers pieced together the rest of the game, none facing more than 14 hitters.
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He retired nine straight hitters before allowing a double, also to Tejada, leading off the fifth.
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On Baseball Some pitchers have thrown no-hitters, and a lucky few have authored perfect games.
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He did not throw a first-pitch fastball to the five hitters he faced Friday night.
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Fiers became the 213th pitcher to record multiple no-hitters, counting the regular season and postseason.
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But some of their best hitters are so young and talented, they can and will improve.
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As the market for home run hitters shriveled up, Carter considered playing overseas for a year.
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The Yankees scored all their runs in the second, the damage done by left-handed hitters.
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But Girardi went to his bullpen, using four relief pitchers, and his hitters went to work.
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All but Corcoran, whose no-hitters came in the 22017s, are in the Hall of Fame.
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He leads the majors in strikeouts (226) and innings pitched (193) while holding hitters to a .
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Understandably, hitters are less likely than ever to accept the wisdom that prevailed not long ago.
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And the main obstacle facing Manfred is the financial incentive for hitters to work deep counts.
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"I don't want to give up any homers, but they are pretty good hitters," Pineda said.
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Starting in their place were two right-handed hitters, 1B Chris Johnson and 2B Miguel Rojas.
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Alibaba, the favorite tech stock of hedge fund heavy hitters, recently reported better-than-expected earnings.
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Harrell regained control, however, striking out the next two hitters to get out of the inning.
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"Hitters refer to it as kind of the invisiball," the Rays right-hander Jake Odorizzi said.
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That adjustment is historically harder for pitchers than hitters, and Steinbrenner was harder on pitchers, too.
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Michael prioritized left-handed power hitters to take advantage of dimensions in the old Yankee Stadium.
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"Encarnacion, Stanton and Judge, that's three elite power hitters plugged into our lineup," Boone told reporters.
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"It's incredible for the women's game – two heavy hitters meeting, it's everything you want," she said.
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Green retired the first 13 hitters he faced, struck out a career-high 11 hitters in six outstanding innings and combined with three relievers on a three-hitter as the Yankees held on for a 133-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.
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RHP Steven Wright hopes his knuckleball wakes up by the time he faces Rays hitters Monday morning.
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"It was poor command for three hitters in a row," said Straily, who dropped to 4-4.
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Chicago's three through six hitters — including Bryant — combined for 11 hits and nine RBI in Game 6.
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Dickey has struck out 26 hitters across his past four starts, going 3-1 in that stretch.
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Yankees hitters went 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position and stranded 11 runners on base.
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The top three hitters — Cesar Hernandez, Rhys Hoskins and Scott Kingery — went a combined 1-for-11.
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In fact, he had only gone to a three-ball count once in the first 43 hitters.
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He has retired 22 of the last 59 hitters he's faced, including 35 of the last 37.
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A diving play by 1B Mitch Moreland kept right-handed hitters hitless (0-for-39) against Kimbrel.
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When you have your heavy hitters all in the scene together, it's so much fun to write.
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Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas, the Royals' cleanup and No. 173 hitters, failed to get him in.
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Tampa Bay got help from three double plays, erasing leadoff hitters in the fourth, sixth and eighth.
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It's only a matter of time now before other online heavy-hitters join the cross-play party.
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As the Democratic Party's heaviest hitters, including President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Massachusetts Sen.
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"We had some guys on, our two best guys up, our 23-21 hitters up," Melvin said.
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Cardinals manager Mike Matheny saw all he needed to know from the hitters' reactions to Wainwright's offerings.
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That's not going to take away from my game or how I'm going to approach their hitters.
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When I got into the investment business, the real big hitters that companies wanted went to advertising.
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Hassan got help from Democratic heavy hitters when she sat on the stage with Hillary Clinton, Sen.
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The heavy-hitters in providing calories in unprocessed or minimally processed foods were meat, fruit, and milk.
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Faria said he struggled throughout the game, falling behind hitters, before the A's erupted in the fifth.
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Any comparison to other Democrat heavy hitters earlier in the week would be unfavorable for Madame Secretary.
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Heavy-hitters at Oculus, Facebook and Snap (to name a few) weigh in on this important subject.
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It houses big hitters of its own, such as DJI, the world's biggest maker of consumer drones.
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What bothered the Diamondbacks was how reliever Arquimedes Caminero — who was characteristically wild — roughed up their hitters.
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KBO has always been a small ball game, and it's a hitters' league with tons of action.
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After his 2-for-4 with a walk on Monday, Nats leadoff hitters have a .189/.228/.
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He kept Royals hitters guessing throughout the day and finally got his first victory after much anticipation.
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She'll be joined by musical guest Nicki Minaj in the show's traditional spring lineup of heavy-hitters.
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Tanks are there to soak up damage while their team's heavier hitters do most of the fighting.
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Anything more, and I think Amazon risks competing too closely with big hitters like Samsung and Apple.
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The three runs came after he walked the first three hitters he faced in the fifth inning.
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Texas hitters tagged Seattle relievers for eight runs on eight hits and two walks over four innings.
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"The last two years, besides this year, I've been worried so much about the hitters," Rivero said.
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"I liked Germen because of the switch hitters coming up, and I like his changeup," Weiss said.
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"Encarnacion, Stanton and Judge, that's three elite power hitters plugged into our lineup," manager Aaron Boone said.
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Carl Edwards Jr. began his debut as a Padre by walking the first two hitters he faced.
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Cimber struck out the only three hitters he faced, and Yates issued two walks in two innings.
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Chad Green was used as New York's opener and faced four hitters in one-plus scoreless innings.
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He struck out no hitters besides Conforto, but got the Mets to bury into 14 ground outs.
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He retired 221 of his first 22001 hitters, until Walker singled with two out in the fourth.
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Manager Andy Green said Cahill is progressing well and should be facing hitters as early as Thursday.
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Just the way he pitched right now, with the weapons he has, hitters don&apost like that.
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Kluber (16-9) topped 200 strikeouts for the third straight season in striking out 243 Twins' hitters.
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Most of the heavy-hitters in tech are supporting candidate London Breed, with some supporting Jane Kim.
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"The most important thing when you enter the game to pitch is to attack hitters," Colon said.
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Baseball has generally moved away from slap hitters and toward an emphasis on power above all else.
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Several Mets hitters are producing at or near their career averages, but the lineup has stumbled collectively.
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He had also faced 210 hitters in the majors heading into this weekend, and had fanned 313.
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Syndergaard has walked just four hitters in five career April starts, going 43-0 with 45 strikeouts.
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But there is a reason Yankee Stadium was constructed with dimensions conducive for left-handed pull hitters.
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Mets switch-hitters Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera have hit well right-handed against left-handed pitchers.
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They represented the tying and go-ahead runs with the cleanup and No. 5 hitters coming up.
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And unlike Ryan, who threw seven no-hitters, Eovaldi has never thrown one — even in high school.
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Young hitters aren't supposed to be able to do what they're doing right now, but they are.
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RHP Aaron Nola had retired 27 of the previous 30 hitters he faced, including 11 via strikeout.
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In the top of the inning, Wright manipulated the ball; in the bottom, Boston's hitters punished it.
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In related news, Arcade Fire also apparently signed a two-album deal with heavy-hitters Columbia Records.
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Manager Dave Roberts said he believes Urias' problems are mechanical issues and getting behind hitters in counts.
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Andrew Miller, the versatile and dominant reliever for the Indians, throws a slider that gives hitters fits.
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Rizzo and Zobrist were the Cubs' third and fourth hitters; of course he would stick with them.
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As is true of so many of the young Cubs hitters, patience is not yet Baez's friend.
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He has faced 12 hitters in the A.L.C.S. and struck out 10 — all with third-strike sliders.
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Their hitters led the A.L. in strikeouts, and they have scored fewer runs than the hapless Mets.
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This season, Rendon was one of only seven qualified hitters with a batting average of at least .
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I believe I'm one of the best hitters in the game, and you have to believe that.
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He set a school record as a senior with 113 strikeouts while limiting opposing hitters to a .
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The Dodgers have their 2-3-4 hitters up try to save their season in the ninth.
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Ten of the Red Sox' 12 runs have come with two outs, and their hitters detest strikeouts.
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Ryu barely escaped the inning down 1-0, and Boston's hitters have clearly adjusted to his offerings.
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Robert Gsellman came on for the beleaguered Mets bullpen to strike out the final two Atlanta hitters.
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But the offense has taken some knocks, too, with heavy hitters Ryan Braun and Eric Thames injured.
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Baker, now the Nationals' manager, notices Bartman flashing a shiny World Series ring in his hitters' eyes.
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" But too many hitters don't change their approach at all, a folly against pitchers "with good [expletive].
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Lindor and Jose Ramirez, both switch-hitters with speed, could test Sabathia's balky right knee by bunting.
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They have also pitched well against elite hitters, but Snell has simply had a much tougher schedule.
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Cole said he wanted to throw changeups — something he had not done often to right-handed hitters.
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For hitters, that means making smart decisions — to swing or not to swing — in the batter's box.
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Pinch-hitters get one shot, often with a lot riding on the outcome of the at-bat.
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Until that point, 16 of the 20 hitters who had faced Tanaka had taken the first pitch.
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But he also led all major league hitters in pitches per plate appearance through Sunday, with 4.49.
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That team was known for relentless contact hitters who slashed doubles and charged aggressively around the bases.
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Archer retired 14 of 15 hitters before Castro — who had three hits — singled to begin the seventh.
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Fiers, as a pitcher, must have been even more offended, given these schemes almost always benefit hitters.
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That was tied for 203th on the career list, but fourth on the list for switch-hitters.
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For Davis, those actions included choking up on the bat handle, a concession few hitters make anymore.
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Syndergaard whiffed six of his first nine hitters, but on second viewing, the Phillies handled him better.
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As soon as you get in the strike zone, you're going to be approached by the hitters.
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"The top teams in the National League have a lot of elite left-handed hitters," Zaidi said.
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Ottavino, especially, has struggled this postseason: Nine of the 18 hitters he has faced have reached base.
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For Colon, it is the fastball — a sinking two-seamer that runs away from left-handed hitters.
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That's what the hitters like, is the ball up, and I was giving them a favor today.
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The offense has been uneven, with hitters such as Walker and Curtis Granderson struggling at the plate.
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He retired 15 straight hitters before Max Kepler singled to left with one out in the sixth.
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He has struck out 163 hitters while walking just eight and has limited opposing batters to a .
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The balanced attack featured RBIs from six hitters in Texas' 6-24 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
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He allowed one run on one hit in three innings while throwing 30 pitches to 10 hitters.
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The debate goes back to 2013, and both sides have plenty of heavy hitters working for them.
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Heavy hitters including the likes of Apple, Microsoft and Amazon are all scheduled to report this week.
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There were homers and R.B.I.s and batting averages for hitters; wins and losses and E.R.A.s for pitchers.
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Big hitters like No. 8 Petra Kvitova and No. 11 Aryna Sabalenka are also possible quarterfinal opponents.
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The average fastball velocity rises every year, and hitters have responded by essentially taking on the challenge.
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All these big hitters like Aryna Sabalenka, and even Serena, are not that close to the baseline.
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That's not a bad thing, of course, and some of those pitchers can be turned into hitters.
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Cleveland has some really good hitters and you've got to be aware of where you're putting your fastball.
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In the film, the newcomer co-starred alongside Hollywood big hitters like Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon.
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The curve allows both to play up in a way that has been extremely unpleasant for NL hitters.
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Southpaw Justin Wilson opened the eighth and left-handed hitters Odor and Nomar Mazara greeted him with singles.
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Ryan has been used in a variety of roles, mostly early but also late against left-handed hitters.
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That dropped 50 games from the list of no-hitters, including twelve where the knock was in extras.
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The Astros' hitters had the fewest strikeouts in the majors, with the best slugging percentage in the game.
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But I think that once he does lock in that feeling we look for as hitters, he'll explode.
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There is not much he can do about its lack of scale compared with the industry's big hitters.
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Bowlers must bamboozle these aggressive hitters instead of probing at a batsman's defence for hours at a time.
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I think his unusual windup kept the hitters off balance and he also fields his position quite well.
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"The only major difference is those guys that I just named were better home run hitters," Baker said.
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Other speakers include heavy-hitters from the Department of the Treasury, NSA, Department of Justice, and MIT researchers.
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The historic milestone made Halladay only the fifth pitcher in to have two no-hitters in one season.
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Meanwhile, Bailey kept retiring Indians hitters, with the exception of Miller, who collected both hits off the starter.
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"A couple of games, there were some battles with hitters, kind of drawing pitch counts up," Davies said.
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Every year, dozens of players star for their high school or college teams as both pitchers and hitters.
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With so many heavy hitters embracing this iteration of animal print, for Banks, this trend's takeover was imminent.
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Still, some pretty heavy hitters, especially in the tech-rich northern half of the state, are on board.
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Besides throwing to hitters, O'Day also fielded grounders on the right side to test out covering first base.
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"Rogers got some big outs at a big time in the game against some good hitters," Molitor said.
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The young right-hander from Puerto Rico has been frustrating hitters since he was called up this season.
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His firm represents heavy-hitters like Ellen DeGeneres, Zoe Saldana, Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Zach Galifianakis.
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His strength: getting out left-handed hitters, and the Giants started five of them in Thursday's series opener.
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"Tough lineup for him, a lot of good right-handed hitters with some power," manager Bob Melvin said.
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Stanek went the first two innings as the opener and retired the first six hitters with two strikeouts.
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When he was 43 years old, Steve Carlton believed that he could still get major league hitters out.
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Paddack retired 12 of the next 13 hitters he faced before walking Scott Schebler to open the fifth.
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The first three Atlanta hitters reached, and the Braves produced a run on a single by Matt Adams.
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Morton has been particularly effective against right-handed hitters this season (5-for-28, no extra-base hits).
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"He's throwing the ball really well and he was real efficient attacking hitters," Braves manager Brian Snitker said.
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Maddon said some Cubs hitters were helping the Indians pitchers by swinging at pitches outside the strike zone.
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Milone got ahead of hitters in his Thursday start, but couldn't finish them off when he needed to.
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Sarbanes and other House Democrats have been working with progressive heavy hitters in the Senate including Massachusetts Sen.
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He gets ahead of hitters but to end the at-bat and put them away has escaped him.
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He's been getting ahead of a lot of hitters this month but having more trouble putting them away.
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All the offense allowed Angels starter Hector Santiago the luxury of going right after hitters, which he did.
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He pitched out of that jam and struck out three of his last four hitters, and nine total.
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All these differences certainly affect Rockies hitters, who often show startling differences between their home and road performances.
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When you think of contemporary clubbing's biggest hitters a few names spring immediately to mind: Kraviz, Klock, Bowers.
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The fourth and fifth hitters, Yoenis Cespedes and Lucas Duda, are enormous, disruptive presences in the batter's box.
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AMSTERDAM — A private museum of modern and contemporary art has joined the heavy hitters on the city's Museumplein.
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That ranges from heavy hitters to small satellite-catered rocket companies like Vector, Rocket Lab and Virgin Orbit.
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They have one of the best defenses in recent memory and a lineup stuffed with talented young hitters.
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The Cardinals (12-73) loaded the bases with one out in the fifth for their 2-3 hitters.
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Over the next decade and a half, Robinson was one of the most feared hitters in the game.
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Hitters once could drop their hands and wind up to swing, because pitchers, while deceptive, were not overpowering.
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Manager Joe Girardi tinkered with his lineup, flip-flopping the first two hitters, Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner.
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With Los Angeles, he is 3-0 with a 163 ERA and has allowed opposing hitters to bat .
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Cingrani, 28, is 0-2 with a 5.79 ERA over 14 innings, and had held hitters to a .
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He said he has thrown at least three bullpen sessions and could be ready to face hitters soon.
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The top seven career home run hitters played into their 40s, and only Barry Bonds aged well, hitting .
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This year's inductees include Harrison Ford, Maria Shriver and one of baseball's great hitters, the Padres' Tony Gwynn.
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For Britton, the pitch is the sinker, a 96-mile-per-hour anvil that hitters simply cannot lift.
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While Britton pitches almost exclusively in high-leverage situations, he has faced about 500 fewer hitters than Hamels.
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However, in his past 43 appearances, Shaw has a 1.36 ERA and has held opposing hitters to a .
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The first two White Sox hitters of the game - Leury Garcia and Yoan Moncada — reached base against Snell.
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Chirinos escaped the jam by retiring two of Boston's hottest hitters — Andrew Benintendi and Rafael Devers — on strikes.
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Combining United and City would have created a sporting goliath, but not all mergers involve such big hitters.
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Bellinger's hot start let's us compare him to some of greatest power hitters of the past 20 years.
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We'll have to see if The Gifted — which premieres October 2 — is worthy of so many hard-hitters.
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Mother seems to be a continuation of Lifetime's strategy of saying yes to heavy hitters with weird ideas.
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Less Quick Comment: Chris Sale continues to strike fewer hitters out, and it continues to not fucking matter.
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He was attacking hitters, but those guys hit two changeups back up the middle, and that was it.
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The theme of today's puzzle is tech companies, with many of Silicon Valley's heaviest hitters making an appearance.
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He skipped past the images of nasty pitches and frustrated hitters and went right to the postgame celebration.
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But with so many more statistics available to evaluate hitters now, how much does it really matter anymore?
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Lincecum twisted and whirled and launched his body at hitters, an impossibly long stride helping generate extraordinary power.
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Houston ranked sixth in the majors in runs last season, and only the Indians' hitters had fewer strikeouts.
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"Sometimes, hitters are going to hit the ball the opposite way of where the chart says," he said.
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Hitters aren't just going to sit here and continue getting punched out for years and years and years.
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They have a balanced offense, including seven hitters with at least 69 R.B.I. (the Yankees have just three).
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So did the thrill of witnessing the same player flinging fastballs past hitters and launching them over fences.
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He grew up in Denver rooting for them, cheering for their sluggers at the hitters' haven Coors Field.
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Sometimes Jansen faces the best hitters in the opposing lineup, but just as often he faces the worst.
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If you make mistakes over the middle of the plate, big league hitters are going to hit them.
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He got to two strikes on the first four hitters but retired only one, on a sacrifice fly.
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Ferocious as it was on the radar gun, Paxton's four-seamer was still getting barreled up by hitters.
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Houston only scored seven runs in the previous three games, and several of its hitters have been struggling.
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Last year, teams used an average of 28 pitchers and 207 hitters to make it through the season.
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Cody Allen (1-6) allowed Christian Vazquez's leadoff single in the ninth but retired the next three hitters.
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The Astros' pitchers had the most strikeouts in the majors this season, and their hitters had the fewest.
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The Yankees' hitters have holes in their swings, and the Astros' pitchers are skilled enough to exploit them.
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As the Nationals blitzed through the National League playoffs, their hitters had 30 fewer strikeouts than their opponents.
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He throws more curveballs than ever now, though, and still strikes out almost 13 hitters per nine innings.
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He gave up singles to three of his five hitters, with Anthony Rendon's breaking a 1-1 tie.
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In his last rehab start Tuesday at Lehigh Valley, Rodriguez 16 of the final 18 hitters he faced.
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We have to put more hitters in situations where they feel an obligation to swing at close pitches.
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One of Cooper's best pupils, the retired Mark Buehrle, humbled hitters with a modest fastball but precision command.
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Pitching at hitter-friendly Coors Field is another detriment for Bettis, who is allowing opposing hitters to bat .
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They are part of the last generation of hitters who despised striking out, before it became relatively acceptable.
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But Williams is out, pregnant with her first child, and some of the biggest hitters have fallen early.
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Especially since so many heavy hitters will be premiering their first collaborations with Netflix in the coming months.
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The Astros' hitters have the fewest strikeouts in the majors (212) while also leading in slugging percentage (.22015).
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The three pitches together are poison to right-handed hitters: The two-seamer runs in on their hands.
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Verlander had lost no-hitters in the ninth inning against Pittsburgh in 2012 and the Angels in 2015.
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But front offices want something else, and major league hitters are skilled and shrewd enough to provide it.
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For a guy who has long been one of baseball's best hitters, that should be a gettable total.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Sanders), Klobuchar's heavy hitters are Minnesotans who are not household names in her neighbor state.
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For baseball hitters, that means that excessive spin might lead to batted balls traveling higher, but not farther.
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But the young star failed to crack her way into a Golden Globes category stuffed with heavy hitters.
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Chavez needed just 2 pitches to get through the first three innings, retiring all nine White Sox hitters.
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It's tough for the hitters to lay off, but tough for them to hit at the same time.
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The Reds lost for the second time in six games despite striking out a season-high 193 hitters.
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Hurdle said Melville's walk rate of four per nine innings was brought up during their pregame hitters meetings.
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He threw some really good changeups, even to our right-handed hitters, and we couldn't get much going.
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RHP Aaron Nola threw a two-inning simulated game, so he wouldn't go two weeks without facing hitters.
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Who are the only two pitchers to strike out 300 hitters in a season for the Houston Astros?
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Through Wednesday, Phillies' hitters were averaging 4.04 pitches per plate appearance, trailing only the Los Angeles Dodgers (20093).
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The simultaneous investigations by Mueller and three congressional committees have drawn in some of Washington's legal heavy hitters.
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Alomar's father, Sandy, had been the starting second baseman for the Angels during Ryan's first two no-hitters.
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But with three left-handed hitters — shortstop Didi Gregorius, first baseman Greg Bird and Gardner — in the lineup, using Judge in the leadoff spot will allow Boone to stack two right-handed hitters between each lefty, as he did on Friday when Bird batted third, Gregorius sixth and Gardner ninth.
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Because the call is so hard to make, the home-plate umpire routinely asks for help on checked swings from one of the base umpires — the first-base umpire for right-handed hitters, the third-base umpire for left-handed hitters, as with Reynolds and Muncy in Game 3 Friday night.
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RHP Anthony DeSclafani (strained right elbow) is close to facing hitters at the Reds' development camp in Goodyear, Arizona.
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New Caledonian crows are heavy hitters when it comes to smarts, known for their play and advanced toolmaking skills.
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So you knew for Major Key Khaled was going to bring out some serious heavy hitters to the record.
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The British-born producer, 35, has worked with heavy hitters like Dr. Dre, Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Rihanna and Diddy.
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SALT 2019 lacked some of the star power of previous years, but the Mooch did get some heavy-hitters.
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The two events secured Halladay as only the fifth pitcher ever to have two no-hitters in one season.
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He has pitched well on the road this season, compiling a 2.12 ERA while holding opposing hitters to a .
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Big hitters on Thursday's card include Biden, Sanders, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Harris and New York Sen.
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They are both certifiable hitters but both have a good degree of science to fall back on as well.
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"We have a good group of hitters," said Washington first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, who homered and scored two runs.
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Wood is working with Hollywood's finest — there's Anthony Hopkins, James Marsden, Ed Harris, and Jeffrey Wright, all heavy hitters.
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But the Astros' hitters had the fewest strikeouts in the majors this season, making contact consistently without sacrificing power.
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Some of music's biggest heavy-hitters are getting in on the March Madness action – just not on the court.
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His streak spanned 24 games, during which time he compiled a 25 ERA and help opposing hitters to a .
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Lizzie: This week's video was up against some real heavy-hitters, like Selena Gomez, Rihanna, and DJ Khaled's son.
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He faced the minimum through the first four innings and retired 26 of the first 21 hitters he faced.
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"Darren's done a good job against left-handed hitters really the last couple years," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.
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Giolito (26-21) set the tone by striking out back-to-back Rays hitters to lead off the game.
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Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild believes that heavy fastball usage is an inefficient strategy for dealing with today's hitters.
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Among all the Vegas heavy hitters, Wynn remains the only one playing his political cards close to the vest.
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Indeed, the race is on between tech's big hitters to see who can become the first trillion dollar company.
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Harper smashed 31, more than the team's second- (Campbell, with 15) and third-leading (Cook, with 11) hitters combined.
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Lefty hitters are 3-for-9 against him and he has been scored upon in four of eight outings.
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Rise and Biz Stone are, it seems, just two of the heavy hitters who are involved with the app.
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According to Entertainment Weekly, Luthor "orchestrates a mass murder aimed at turning the two heavy hitters against each other."
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"It's a good pitch by Robertson, and it's Robbie Cano, he's one of the best hitters in the game."
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Pitchers are not traditionally good hitters — though Arrieta somewhat defies that phenomenon — which makes the feat even more impressive.
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His fastball wasn't the best velocity of the year, but it was a fastball that was getting hitters out.
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In addition to Vans, her sponsor list includes Vans heavy-hitters like Red Bull and skate apparel brand Independent.
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Both right-handed hitters reached the second deck in left off pitches from left-hander Andrew Miller (0-43).
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Locked in ready to go, had a good game plan, great defense, and you saw what our hitters did.
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The Indians will likely use as many left-handed hitters as possible against Greene, considering that lefties have a .
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By starting Miley, the Brewers tried to bait the Dodgers into using a lineup heavy on right-handed hitters.
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Brown: My number one moment as a player was pitching two no-hitters in a row in Little League.
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That on-base percentage in the middle isn't a typo—Phillies leadoff hitters have yet to take a walk.
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"I watch those guys and see how they pitch to other hitters, but mechanically not so much," Hader said.
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The right-hander allowed three hits, struck out five, walked two and retired the final eight hitters he faced.
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To make matters worse, Martin doesn't bring along multifaceted heavy-hitters in these books to replace our vanquished mains.
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Manager Dave Roberts gave left-handed hitters Cody Bellinger and Max Muncy the night off against a lefty starter.
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Freddy Galvis' single off Dayton loaded the bases, but Dayton retired the next three hitters to extinguish the threat.
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He is in the extended spring training program, although no timetable has been set for him to face hitters.
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"I just knew I needed to maintain my aggressiveness and continue my plan of attacking the hitters," he said.
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White Sox manager Robin Ventura said his hitters could not garner any sustained rallies against the Royals' right-hander.
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Despite have created a a duet album, Faith enlisted several other hip-hop heavy hitters to make feature appearances.
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Manager Joe Girardi is eager to see how it works in Shreve's second stint, especially against left-handed hitters.
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He was throwing sliders and split-fingers in hitters' count and did a good job of mixing it up.
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Colon now has more homers this season than highly paid hitters like Carlos Gomez, Jason Heyward and Yadier Molina.
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Strikeouts, said starter Jon Lester of the Chicago Cubs, are also rising, and hitters are taking a different approach.
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He allowed four hits to right-handed hitters after giving up eight to righties over his first three starts.
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The 2014 first-round pick out of TCU has served up 4003 homers but limited opposing hitters to a .
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Maybe these young guys have grown as hitters, but that surely wasn't the case in Games 2 and 3.
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But most impressive was the fastball that he could elevate against some quality hitters for some swing and miss.
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Both right-handed hitters reached the second deck in left off pitches from left-hander Andrew Miller (0-1).
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Chavez retired the first two Blue Jays hitters of the inning before Kevin Pillar and Ezequiel Carrera each singled.
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Scherzer has allowed a league-high 215 homers this year and many of them are slugged by nonpower hitters.
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But such a move also penalizes doctors, and could spark backlash from heavy hitters like the American Medical Association.
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Against the Twins, he retired the first six hitters he faced before walking Logan Morrison to begin the third.
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Some heavy-hitters in the luxury fashion industry, like LVMH's Louis Vuitton, have also reported encouraging momentum in Asia.
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Oakland RHP Henderson Alvarez, who underwent shoulder surgery in July, threw to live hitters Wednesday during a rehab session.
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" Luis Ortiz - "He attacks hitters with a potential plus fastball-slider combination, and the changeup could get to average.
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Long hitters such as McIlroy need not hit their driver often but it can be advantageous to do so.
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His fastball contorted the Giants hitters' swings, and he turned to his changeup and slider in the later innings.
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RHP Chris Bassitt threw to hitters Wednesday for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery on May 16.
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Two pinch-hitters — Eduardo Nunez in Game 19963 and Mitch Moreland in Game 4 — have delivered three-run homers.
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It was more of the same for the Dodgers' hitters in the second, as Justin Verlander continued to dominate.
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The move takes away one of the Yankees' best hitters, but also takes away the team's biggest defensive liability.
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With more and more grounders swallowed up by smartly positioned infielders, hitters decided to lift balls over their heads.
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Maybe the Yankees' hitters will strike out too much; Stanton and Judge did combine for 371 strikeouts last season.
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The star hitters were dealt for each other, part of a three-team trade that also involved Tampa Bay.
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The album, released on the legendary reggae label VP Records, features heavy hitters including Chronixx, Tarrus Riley and Konshens.
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Stolen bases in particular declined, and teams became especially worried about losing power hitters to injuries on the bases.
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In other words, hitters swinging engineered aluminum, composite and hybrid bats were crushing pitches and producing too much offense.
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College pitchers are often discouraged from throwing inside because the hitters use aluminum bats, but Freeland did the opposite.
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He has also adopted a closed batting stance — a rarity among modern hitters, but one that serves him well.
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And if the Twins cannot neutralize even the Yankees' struggling hitters, they have little hope of extending their postseason.
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He pitched three no-hitters, including one perfect game, but some questioned the caliber of competition in New Mexico.
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The Twins had few bench options available, but a lot of confidence in their hitters regardless of the matchup.
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A combination of deGrom's uneven command and the pesky Phillies hitters pushed his first-inning pitch count to 45.
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But when talented hitters like Correa and Springer aggressively hunt strikes — and only strikes — their hits can go far.
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Last season, his first with the Boston Red Sox, he struck out 83 of 220 hitters, or 37.7 percent.
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Hitters also obliterated the home run record, bashing 6,776 homers — 671 more than the previous record set in 2017.
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For the best hitters in the world, more data means a more precise road map from bat to bleachers.
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But if they tailored their roster to their spacious ballpark — with speedy contact hitters — they might have a chance.
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Quintana worked with confidence and efficiency, challenging the United States hitters by spotting his fastballs and changeups with precision.
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Stammen gave up hits to the only three hitters he faced, climaxing with Justin Bour's decisive three-run homer.
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Rogers, a left-hander, retired four right-handed hitters to provide the biggest spark out of the Twins' bullpen.
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Brooks Koepka, one of the longest hitters in golf, held off Tiger Woods to win the 2018 PGA Championship.
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It was a tough series for the Texas hitters, who scored just six runs in the last three games.
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Most of that was done against different Yankees hitters; nobody on their roster has faced Sale even 15 times.
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Even with a Ted Williams swing, the best hitters, the absolute best, fail roughly two of every three times.
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He was at a loss on Friday to explain why he can no longer throw the ball past hitters.
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"We are not advocating violence," Spike's Tactical and Pipe Hitters Union wrote to VICE News in a joint statement.
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Greinke threw no harder than 88 miles an hour in Saturday's exhibition, but baffled hitters with location and movement.
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Many pitchers don't have the stuff needed to consistently retire good hitters while pacing themselves to throw several innings.
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Asher retired the first 11 Mets hitters he faced before running into trouble in the top of the fourth inning.
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In fairness, a state leaving the Union is much more drastic an event than legalizing bong hits and one-hitters.
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However, over the course of a six-month season, good hitters always seem to hit their stride at some point.
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And we were eager to see how he held his own against his forebears, the heaviest hitters in the game.
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After Ray retired the next two hitters, he walked deep reserve Rob Segedin, then Enrique Hernandez singled home a run.
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Further north, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art hold their own against coastal hard-hitters.
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This week was a massacre, and a fantasy league drought, with even heavy hitters like Corrine netting barely any points.
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If you've followed the international scene for any amount of time, you probably know the heavy hitters from each region.
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His primary duties will be coaching first base, providing baserunning instruction and assisting our hitters alongside [hitting coach] Chad Mottola.
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"Right now, Discover is playing catch up to the heavy hitters in the space ... Visa, Mastercard, American Express, " Cramer said.
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Why it matters: Bennet's haul is far behind the Democratic heavy-hitters who have announced their second-quarter totals — Sen.
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Born in New York but raised in Florida, he was a standout pitcher in high school, throwing six no-hitters.
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"Wow, that wind is really bad for hitters," said Lobaton, a reserve most of the season behind starter Wilson Ramos.
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Since then, Mercedes has seen a litany of hitters ranging from Cano and Encarnacion to Albert Pujols and Francisco Cervelli.
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It should help that they didn't trade one of the best hitters in baseball right now for a relief pitcher.
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Sabathia retired 10 of the first 12 hitters before surrendering a two-run homer to Domingo Santana in the fourth.
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LHP Kyle Ryan was sent back to Triple-A Toledo earlier this month to toughen up against left-handed hitters.
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And once again his hitters struggled, producing just five baserunners against Scherzer and relievers Sean Doolittle, Patrick Corbin and Hudson.
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That's better than the Phillies have done, which is admittedly a low bar; their leadoff hitters are at .140/.138/.
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Matt Albers came on with one out and retired pinch-hitters Mark Canha and Andrew Lambo to end the threat.
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Sale whiffed five hitters through two innings and eight through four, and has 883 strikeouts in 49 innings this year.
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Ryne Stanek allowed one run in 1 1/3 innings and faced the first six hitters as Tampa Bay's opener.
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Few hitters in the game today, if any, boast his brand of prodigious power to the middle of the field.
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"When you see big-league hitters missing the ball by five feet, that means he's doing something right," said Lindor.
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One thing about switch hitters is that they love their advantage of having so many options and being so unusual.
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He's the fifth different player to bat leadoff, and the team came into the game with its leadoff hitters batting .
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Due to the random nature of nature, there are far more right handed hitters and pitchers than left handed ones.
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The Braves got off to a horrendous 0-793 start, and Markakis was one of the few Atlanta hitters producing.
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Hamels retired 12 of the last 133 hitters he faced and stranded two baserunners in the fifth and sixth innings.
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Cahill is expected to face hitters in Milwaukee and begin a rehab assignment before the Padres return home June 23 . . .
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So even with a relatively spacious outfield and the humidor, Coors Field has been a friendly place for power hitters.
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LHP Martin Perez struggled in the first two innings before holding Cleveland hitters to 0 for 11 with a walk.
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This year's different, there are quite a few guys you could see playing in the bigs as hitters or pitchers.
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He also has three off-speed pitches that can make hitters look stupid, and he throws them all for strikes.
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Most of the damage was done in the third, when he yielded five hits in a span of seven hitters.
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Rangers closer Jose Leclerc retired the Brewers' 3-4-5 hitters in order in the ninth for his eighth save.
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Eovaldi pitched six innings of one-hit, one-run ball Wednesday at Arizona, retiring the final 18 hitters he faced.
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Rookie left-hander Jose Suarez retired the first two hitters in the third before Anderson walked and Jose Abreu singled.
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Roundup In their 55-year history, the Mets have been known more for their pitchers than for their power hitters.
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He allowed a single to Christian Yelich but struck out three formidable hitters: Martin Prado, Marcell Ozuna and Giancarlo Stanton.
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Most of their power hitters bat left-handed, and they have struggled to display much power against left-handed pitchers.
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The two heavy-hitters are the Lincoln Center Festival (July 22 to 183) and Mostly Mozart (July 218 to Aug.
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They've got some nice left-handed hitters that stack up, where he's probably gonna need to have three pitches working.
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One day after pounding six homers in a 12-20143 win against the Reds, Washington hitters were stifled by Guerra.
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Boeing has long been one of the biggest players in the lobbying world with some heavy hitters on its team.
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If David Ortiz, who was seven hitters away, was to bat in the fifth, Francona wanted Miller to face him.
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The first three of the Mets' nine hits off Wainwright occurred with two strikes, as he couldn't put hitters away.
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He took the pitch into games, and hitters used to getting ahead of him were suddenly behind in the count.
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He had no problem with Cleveland's 4-5-48 hitters: Napoli grounded out, Ramirez popped up and Chisenhall struck out.
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Washington Nationals Quick Comment: Sunday's Nationals lineup featured three hitters with OPS's over 214 and five with OPS's under .21.5.
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The Padres' first four hitters singled and San Diego was up 2-0 before Feldman (5-5) recorded an out.
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I have to pitch a lot better now, just get first-pitch strikes and put hitters away, stop messing around.
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He settled down soon after, whiffing a pair in the second and all three hitters he faced in the fourth.
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Design heavy-hitters Martyn Lawrence Bullard and Architectural Digest Editor-in-Chief Margaret Russell are on deck for the shoot.
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Nothing about Aaron Hicks has ever suggested he's anything close to one of the ten best hitters on the planet.
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Harvey's change when he's at his best is a real out pitch, especially when hitters are cheating on the fastball.
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RHP Michael Wacha couldn't command his pitches and put hitters away, resulting in the team's shortest start of the year.
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