Sentence examples for hitting ahead from inspiring English sources

Valentine theorized that Lawton, who is susceptible to breaking balls, would see more fastballs by hitting ahead of Piazza.

The lineup he sent out Saturday included Nunez (.228), third baseman Brent Lillibridge (.200) and catcher Chris Stewart (.232) hitting ahead of pitcher Ivan Nova.

That meant trotting out a lineup Saturday evening that included Nunez (.228), third baseman Brent Lillibridge (.200) and catcher Chris Stewart (.232) hitting ahead of Nova.

Ventura had the misfortune of hitting ahead of Posada, who has a double and triple off Martínez this season but returned to his career pattern last night.

It is a hard gamble to make, considering that Ortiz is batting.326 and Dustin Pedroia, hitting ahead of Ortiz, is batting.333, shaping Boston's top of the order into one of the game's strongest.

Yes, Mark Teixeira is gone but Robinson Cano, who followed Nick Swisher's leadoff homer off C. J. Wilson in the third inning with his fourth home run of the series, deserved to be hitting ahead of the slumping Teixeira anyway.

Or the chance to hit ahead of Brian Giles.

He's eighty lifetime hits ahead of Pete Rose at the same age, but never mind that.

Opponents would be forced to throw to Williams if he hit ahead of Giambi.

Some combination of Alex Cora, Luis Castillo, Daniel Murphy and Argenis Reyes had hit ahead of him, combining for a.246 on-base percentage over the last week before Monday's game.

That streak came to an end in 1909 during the second game of a doubleheader against the Cubs, when Bergen beat out an infield hit ahead of a throw by Johnny Evers of Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance fame.