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He lasted 2/3 of an inning, allowing four runs (three earned) on one hit and four walks. In 10 starts, the 27-year-old has a 4.31 ERA with 43 strikeouts, 23 walks and 31 hits allowed in 39 2/3 ...
James McCann had just been struck in the face with a fastball, and as the blood gushed from his nose and mouth, there was one overriding thought racing through his mind. The pitch was thrown by ...
On October 9, 1996, the Yankees trailed the Orioles 4–3 in the bottom of the eighth inning when shortstop Derek Jeter hit a deep fly ball to right field. Right fielder Tony Tarasco moved near the fence and appeared "to draw a bead on the ball" [4] when the then-12-year-old Maier clearly reached over the fence separating the stands and the field of play nine feet below and snatched the ball ...
The Baltimore Orioles put outfielder Heston Kjerstad on the seven-day concussion injured list Saturday, less than 24 hours after he was hit in the helmet by a pitch. The Orioles initially penciled ...
Clinton Dawson Courtney (March 16, 1927 – June 16, 1975), nicknamed "Scrap Iron", was an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1951), St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles (1952–1954, 1960, 1961), Chicago White Sox (1955), Washington Senators (1955–1959) and Kansas City Athletics (1961).
When he finally took the ball and began his warmups, the first pitch was sometimes a hard fastball 20 feet over the catcher's head. The succeeding warmup pitches would be thrown lower and lower (but not slower) until Duren would finally "find" the plate. He was so wild that he allegedly hit a player in the on-deck circle.
Lowenstein was taken off the field on a stretcher in the seventh inning of a 4–3 Orioles win over the Oakland Athletics at Memorial Stadium on June 19, 1980. While sliding into second base in an attempt to extend a game-tying single , he was accidentally hit on the back of his head by a ball thrown by first baseman Jeff Newman who was the cut ...
Losing a fly ball in the sun is embarrassing for an outfielder, but taking a ball of the noggin added injury to insult for the rookie Lowe, as well two runs for the Orioles to make it a 3-0 ballgame.