Sentence examples for pivotal hit from inspiring English sources

Johnny Damon's two-out two-run single in the second was a pivotal hit off Beckett, who stranded six runners in scoring position over his first six innings.

He doubled to right in the seventh, then had the pivotal hit in the ninth off Roy Oswalt, lashing a single to the right field corner that moved Huff from first to third.

In the sixth, when Alfonzo rifled a triple to right off Scott Erickson, it took his average to.350 and was the pivotal hit in a four-run inning that put the Mets ahead to stay.

And if there is one positive aspect to having a lost season on a good team, Hamilton said, it is that all can be forgotten with one pivotal hit in the pennant race or the playoffs.

The ball that rocketed over Kearns's head went for a two-run double and proved to be the pivotal hit in the Mets' 6-3 victory against Washington at Shea Stadium.

With two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, Hernandez kept the inning alive with a pivotal hit that shook up the reliever on the mound.

Other than Ortiz, Bellhorn has as many pivotal hits against the Cardinals as anyone with a "B" on his cap.

Burnett bemoaned the damage that was self-inflicted — two walks, each scoring — more than the pivotal hits by two former teammates, a two-out run-scoring single by Shelley Duncan and a three-run homer by Austin Kearns.

Even if Scioscia believes that, the Angels, who were 3 for 15 with runners in scoring position Saturday, will not succeed unless they produce pivotal hits and play crisper baseball.

I wanted to bury myself on the mound". Trying to protect a one-run lead in the eighth inning at Fenway Park, Martínez gave up two runs, victimized by Hideki Matsui and Bernie Williams, who had pivotal hits off him in Game 7 last year.

Their 5-4 vintory in Game 4 on Monday, which clinched a spot in the National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, unfolded in classic Phillies fashion: trailing, 4-2, andownwn to their last strike, they torched Rockies closer Huston Street for three runs, the pivotal hits coming from Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth.