Sentence examples for a timely hit from inspiring English sources

The Mets could not find a timely hit, either.

Although he delivered many a timely hit, Marion prided himself on his play in the field.

The whole series was great theater, every game decided by one run, with two lasting into extra innings, and the Yankees contended they were a timely hit (or four) away from winning the series.

Like the N.C.A.A.'s, they are also star makers: future major league baseball luminaries Hideki Matsui and Daisuke Matsuzaka both rose to prominence in the more prestigious summer tournament, and many a less gifted player has earned a more ephemeral measure of fame for a quirk or a timely hit.

Gary Lundgren's debut feature, "Calvin Marshall," aspires to that league but doesn't rise above Class A. There are scenes in "Calvin Marshall," which Mr. Lundgren wrote and directed, that capture the way a timely hit in a softball game or a small gesture in a local bar becomes an indelible, fixed point in our memories.

That combination of a good effort by a starter, timely hits and effective relief work was rare in August, when the bullpen wore down while pitching a league-leading 104 innings.

There was a good deal of exceptional starting pitching, peppered with a few timely hits, some stark errors by fielders on both teams, and some real goodies for rules nerds.

TIMELY HIT Greg Porter, a nonroster outfielder, hit a grand slam in the eighth inning.

Good pitching and a few timely hits were enough.

If the Royals didn't throw their kitchen sink at Oakland, and that sink was a mix of speed, sacrifices and the timely hit, we would not be talking about them right now.

But bringing him back in a bench role, giving him the opportunity to contribute a timely pinch hit or serve as a defensive replacement, might seem an appropriate punishment, and would be much less likely to rile up the club's supporters.