Indeed until then, the Giants had not come close to gaining a hit.
With the powerful chest and broad shoulders he had developed working on dairy farms, he gained a reputation for hitting long balls in high school and was also a star quarterback.
The trio's hits gained a personal dimension as conflicts arose among members, and its line-up changed as Ms. Knowles emerged as an unusually authoritative teenage star.
The Dodgers have also gained a free agent — the hitting coach Mark McGwire — who is still in the midst of a comeback from his performance-enhancing, drug-stained past, Bill Plaschke writes in The Los Angeles Times.
Even so, the SNP gained a further four seats, hitting its all time Westminster high of 11.
In currencies, the U.S. dollar gained a little Tuesday after hitting its lowest level this year against the euro in overnight trades.
South Africa-born Meschede, who came through the Taunton club's youth academy, gained a personal milestone by hitting his maiden half-century for the first team.
He first gained a following by taking hits of the day and rewriting their lyrics — Madonna's "Like a Virgin" as "Like a Surgeon," the Knack's "My Sharona" as "My Bologna" — which he put over in his trademark nasal, almost over-enunciated voice.
Mike Cameron, Al Martin, Bret Boone and David Bell homered for the Mariners, who had 17 hits and gained a four-game split and avoided what would have been their first series loss since dropping two of three to the Yankees from May 18 to 20.
It's hard to pick just five songs from his incredible output – it means leaving out not just some of the lesser known songs that form the backbone of his work, but also the hits that gained a second wind with the UK ska movement.
