The ThunderBolts twice stranded the tying run in
scoring position against Darrell Thompson.
He also has one hit in 14 at-bats with runners in
scoring position. In the ninth inning, against the team with the most combustible bullpen in the majors, the Dodgers did use Utley and Bellinger as pinch-hitters.
All four batters that Short retired stepped to the plate with the potential tying run in
scoring position.
Dustin Pedroia was 1 for 3 with runners in
scoring position, one of the outs being a grounder to shortstop with the bases loaded to end the fifth inning.
The Argentine-born striker was in a great
scoring position but, under pressure from the Fiorentina defence, he failed to get a proper shot away.
They had runners in
scoring position eight times and only manages to score a single run off that.
Mamoru Kishida then got Takashi Ogino to fly out with the potential tying and go-ahead runs in
scoring position.
The biggest blow came in the fourth end when Swiss skip Mirjam Ott delivered a double takeout and added her stone to three others already in a
scoring position to take an 8-1 lead.
struck out with the winning run in
scoring position,
The press howls its disapproval: you gotta bunt there; stay out of the DP; move the runners into
scoring position. Weaver would have none of it: way more often than not, he would reason, three outs come before any runs are scored.
Al Muhairi showed that he has the "right stuff" by making up several positions from 16th on the grid to carve his way into a points
scoring position.
The only goal came on 20 minutes when Stuart Taylor worked himself into a
scoring position and made no mistake.