Replacing him in the leadoff spot was SS Francisco Lindor, who batted leadoff for the first time this season.
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He's the fifth different player to bat leadoff, and the team came into the game with its leadoff hitters batting .
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With a leadoff triple Sunday, Blackmon became the third player in franchise history to hit a leadoff triple in consecutive games.
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Keston Hiura's leadoff single in the seventh against Castillo, and Christian Yelich's leadoff double in the ninth were the Brewers' only hits.
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His leadoff bunt single in the fourth marked Pittsburgh's first hit of the night, and he added a leadoff double in the seventh.
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The Marlins got the first two runners on base in the first, had a leadoff double by Prado in the third and leadoff hits in the fourth and eighth innings.
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Harper evened it in the bottom half for the Phillies when he stroked his first triple of the season to plate leadoff hitter Hernandez, who had hit a leadoff double.
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It was Kinsler's fifth leadoff homer of the season, and the second baseman is now sixth all-time, passing former Oriole Brady Anderson with the 45th leadoff blast of his career.
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The Yankees have occasionally deployed power-hitting leadoff hitters over the years — Bobby Bonds and Alfonso Soriano among them — but it was typically because those teams lacked a traditional leadoff hitter.
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Maybin had been flourishing in the leadoff spot, hitting .
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Jones isn't a prototypical leadoff hitter — he has a .
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Left-handed-hitting OF Bradley Zimmer had been hitting leadoff, but with LHP J.A. Happ starting for the Blue Jays, Indians manager Terry Francona moved the switch-hitting Santana into the leadoff spot.
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DH Carlos Santana batted leadoff for the second straight game.
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He exited after allowing a leadoff single in the seventh.
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A leadoff single by Schoop in the fifth chased Kennedy.
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He also made his first start as Cubs leadoff batter.
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Miami leadoff hitter Lewis Brinson struck out all four times.
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Leadoff men are everywhere if you're willing to see them.
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That came immediately following a leadoff walk to Jose Bautista.
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Shields walked leadoff batter Denard Span and paid for it.
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A leadoff single by Ben Zobrist ended Corey Kluber's day.
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He has been batting leadoff for about the last week.
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Gregorius had been on first base after a leadoff walk.
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Boston's leadoff batter, Brock Holt, lined out to first base.
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Barnes chased Greinke with a leadoff homer in the sixth.
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Gaviglio pitched around a leadoff single again in the eighth.
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The Brewers' leadoff hitter left Saturday's game with the injury.
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Den Dekker batted leadoff, dropping CF Michael Taylor to seventh.
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Candidates have questioned the state's leadoff position in the calendar.
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Leadoff man Nick Senzel scored three runs for the Reds.
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Brandon Lowe ignited the big inning with a leadoff homer.
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The only run he allowed was Ian Kinsler's leadoff homer.
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Rodriguez hit leadoff batter Eaton and then walked Trea Turner.
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He departed after issuing a leadoff walk in the sixth.
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Derek Law allowed Lopez's leadoff double to open the ninth.
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The Pirates (22.70-216) touched Guerra for just two hits through the first eight innings — a leadoff double to Marte in the second inning and a leadoff single to Jordy Mercer in the sixth.
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Revere was Baker's initial primary leadoff candidate, but he is in the mold of Taveras or Juan Pierre (another Baker leadoff man)—a sub-Ichiro deadball-style hitter who might be able to slap .
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His return to the leadoff spot was notable because SS Ketel Marte had been having success there before landing on the disabled list 2 1/2 weeks ago and was back hitting leadoff Friday.
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Bottom sixth: Leadoff double followed by three straight outs. Ho-hum.
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Therrien threw a scoreless sixth inning, working around a leadoff double.
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However, since he moved from the leadoff spot, he has a .
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Chicago leadoff hitter Tim Anderson supplied two hits and scored twice.
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Suzuki launched a leadoff homer, his fifth blast of the season.
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Rafael Ortega was an interesting leadoff hitter with big league experience.
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"Leadoff walks in general are not good for anybody," Harvey said.
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Frazier lined a leadoff double to center, and Jody Mercer walked.
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Amed Rosario drew a leadoff walk on a 3-2 pitch.
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Lindor's leadoff homer was his fourth this season and 16th career.
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Contreras started another rally in the fifth, drawing a leadoff walk.
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He walked the leadoff batters in the third and the fifth.
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That leadoff walk in the sixth is where it all started.
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"I've done it in the past," Semien said of hitting leadoff.
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However, he is probably the best leadoff hitter in the majors.
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Nicholas Castellanos sparked a five-run uprising with a leadoff double.
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Berti started another rally with a leadoff double in the third.
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His first leadoff homer came on June 19, 2015 at Seattle.
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Simmons, noted for his glovework, has settled into the leadoff spot.
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Eric Young had 23 RBI as a leadoff hitter in 1996.
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He lost it on a leadoff homer in the ninth inning.
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Franklin replaced Forsythe and batted leadoff, while Tim Beckham replaced Duffy.
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The last time he didn't bat leadoff was July 6, 2015.
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Semien hit leadoff for a team-high sixth time this season.
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Hicks was slated to start in center field and bat leadoff.
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Kiké Hernandez drew a leadoff walk by way of this bluffing.
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Cano started another rally in the fourth with a leadoff double.
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I don't think I got a leadoff hitter out all night.
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He was one of the greatest leadoff hitters of all time.
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He was lifted after Adam Haseley's leadoff double in the seventh.
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OF Ezequiel Carrera started in right field Friday and batted leadoff.
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"I do like the leadoff spot," he said through a translator.
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LF Joey Rickard again is looking good in the leadoff spot.
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This time, third baseman Jeff Newman wound up as the leadoff hitter, center fielder Dwayne Murphy batted third, and perhaps the greatest leadoff hitter in baseball history, Rickey Henderson, was marooned in the No. 8 spot.
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Banda (1-0) allowed a leadoff triple to Danny Valencia in the fifth before escaping without damage and a leadoff double to Manny Machado in the seventh before allowing a two-out RBI single to Chris Davis.
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Leadoff batter Kevin Newman followed with an RBI double, and Reynolds singled.
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Montgomery also allowed a leadoff single to Sean Rodriguez in the sixth.
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Gennett had a leadoff double and scored on Joey Votto's RBI single.
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SS Ketel Marte hit leadoff for just the second time this season.
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LF Coco Crisp batted leadoff and Abraham Almonte started in right field.
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He is one short of Lou Brock's franchise record for leadoff homers.
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He got Houston's leadoff man, George Springer, to fly out to center.
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Toronto's only hit was Eric Sogard's leadoff double in the seventh inning.
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Realmuto hit leadoff in the previous four games, going 5-for-16.
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He was his team's leadoff hitter, a role his father often filled.
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In 30 games since moving to the leadoff spot, he is hitting .
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"He told me he wanted to be a leadoff hitter," Gibbons said.
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The Marlins fell despite getting four hits from leadoff man Miguel Rojas.
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A leadoff walk eventually led to Logan Morrison's sacrifice fly off Miller.
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Rhys Hoskins drew a leadoff walk against Jacob deGrom before Realmuto doubled.
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BaseballBats is there anyone else who could conceivably leadoff ahead of pillar?
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Daniel Hudson replaced Sanchez for the seventh and allowed Bradley's leadoff double.
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Tampa Bay pulled even with Dickerson's leadoff home run in the fourth.
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He gave up a leadoff double to Jace Peterson in the fourth.
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In the fourth, San Francisco wasted a leadoff double by Buster Posey.
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He has hit well since being moved to the leadoff spot, batting .
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Leadoff hitter Chris Taylor contributed a run-scoring double and is batting .
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Schoop drew a leadoff walk, and Peterson blasted his homer to right.
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Dixon Machado drew a leadoff walk and advanced on Nicholas Castellanos' single.
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Valencia got the A's rolling with a leadoff single in the sixth.
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After a leadoff walk to Nelson Cruz, Seager belted his fifth homer.
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C J.T. Realmuto batted leadoff — not a normal spot for a catcher.
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Derek Norris greeted reliever Brad Ziegler (1-1) with a leadoff double.
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A leadoff double by Gregorius in the fifth also went to waste.
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Peralta hit a leadoff drive in the second inning off Chase Anderson.
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Eaton had been used as the leadoff hitter while playing center field.
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Batting leadoff, he scored a run and lifted his average to .292.
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Indians leadoff hitter Delino DeShields finished 53-for-3 with an RBI.
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His other leadoff homer this season was April 16 at San Francisco.
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The leadoff hitter will most likely be Brett Gardner or Jacoby Ellsbury.
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Altuve also leads the majors with six leadoff home runs this season.
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Kinsler, however, tied the game with a leadoff homer in the fourth.
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His leadoff shot in the sixth inning tied the score 1-1.
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The Philadelphia leadoff hitter then smacked his sixth homer of the season.
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Blackmon had a leadoff homer and an RBI single in the frame.
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Boone said he was considering using Judge as the leadoff hitter only in rare circumstances: when the Yankees were facing a left-handed pitcher and their usual leadoff hitter, the left-handed-hitting Brett Gardner, was in the lineup.
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Storen gave up a leadoff single to Brandon Barnes, who had three hits.
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The hit was the first of the NLDS for the Washington leadoff hitter.
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It was his seventh leadoff homer this season and 22010th of his career.
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It was his seventh career leadoff home run, the third of the season.
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Five games, six home runs, three of them coming in the leadoff spot.
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It was his third career leadoff homer, two of them coming this year.
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OF Ezequiel Carrera again replaced Bautista in right field and the leadoff spot.
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It was the fourth leadoff homer this season and fifth of Segura's career.
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Cabrera initially was batting leadoff and playing left field for the White Sox.
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Leadoff batter Dee Gordon tripled and scored on a single by Ichiro Suzuki.
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Manny Pina's leadoff homer in the fourth started a Milwaukee three-run rally.
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Yelich's double to right plated the leadoff hitter for a 1-10 lead.
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Since Springer moved into the leadoff spot, the Astros have gone 32-13.
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It was the sixth homer of the season for the Philadelphia leadoff hitter.
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Kelvin Herrera, who replaced Volquez in the eighth, gave up a leadoff homer.
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Johnson issued a leadoff walk to Davis and walked Alonso on five pitches.
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OF Kyle Schwarber batted leadoff Saturday for the first time in 17 games.
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DH Nelson Cruz hit a leadoff home run in the third inning Wednesday.
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Ketel Marte hit a leadoff single and scored on O'Malley's triple to center.
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Peralta tied it at 1 with his leadoff homer in the third inning.
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Mahle struck out leadoff hitter Leonys Martin on three pitches in the first.
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Tim Mayza replaced Waguespack in the seventh after a leadoff single by Vazquez.
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The Mets got the leadoff batter on in the 10th when Flores singled.
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He is expected to become the Mets' everyday third baseman and leadoff hitter.
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Minnesota took the early lead on Eduardo Nunez's first-inning leadoff home run.
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Chacin took a no-hitter into the fifth inning before Rizzo's leadoff homer.
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The Mets transformed leadoff doubles into runs in the third and fourth innings.
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Suarez departed after issuing a leadoff walk and retiring the next two hitters.
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It was the fourth leadoff homer this season and fifth in Segura's career.
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It was his sixth career leadoff homer and his second of the season.
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He also served as the team's leadoff hitter in a 5-1 loss.
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"I am trying to see more pitches (as a leadoff hitter)," Hernandez said.
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Walking a leadoff guy, two walks, leads to a three-run home run.
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House Democrats quite clearly viewed Mr. Taylor, the leadoff witness, as their ringer.
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Quantrill helped his on cause by drawing a leadoff walk in the fifth.
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Curtis Granderson has been the Mets' leadoff hitter this season but was hitting .
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The Yankees could not take advantage of a leadoff double by Todd Frazier.
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His second pitch caught the leadoff hitter Adam Eaton in the right arm.
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Jacoby Ellsbury, the leadoff batter, also went 0 for 4 and is batting .
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He had batted leadoff 17 games and in the six-hole eight games.
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He has nine career leadoff home runs, which ranks fourth in club history.
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Lester struck out 10 after giving up a leadoff homer to Kike Hernandez.
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Matt Wieters hit a leadoff double and scored on Adam Eaton's two-bagger.
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Leadoff hitter Mallex Smith added two hits, a run scored and an RBI.
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Conley's leadoff walk started what became a three-run rally in the fifth.
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After Pedro Strop retired the leadoff batter, he was replaced by Travis Wood.
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Bryant drew a leadoff walk on a pitch that looked like a strike.
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After Trout's leadoff triple, Pujols hit his second home run of the night.
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Ben Zobrist smacked a leadoff double off Blanton, and Addison Russell grounded out.
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He started the eighth inning but was removed after walking the leadoff batter.
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Adams started the scoring with a leadoff homer against Eovaldi in the second.
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The Mariners tied it when Seager hit a leadoff homer in the fourth.
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RF George Springer's leadoff home run was his fifth of the young season.
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He started the ninth but was removed after he allowed a leadoff walk.
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That was the sixth leadoff homer the right fielder has hit this season.
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Ezequiel Carrera again replaced him in the leadoff spot and in right field.
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It was his fourth homer of the year and the second leadoff homer.
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Toronto's Tim Mayza allowed a leadoff walk to Andrew Benintendi in the eighth.
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He walked the leadoff batter and gave up a double that Nimmo misplayed.
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Aaron Altherr hit a leadoff single and scored from first on Franco's double.
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Leadoff hitter Carlos Gomez had a pair of hits for Texas (4-6).
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He has 75 RBI from the leadoff spot, which is a franchise record.
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He allowed a leadoff single to his first batter and no other hits.
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Second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera, who batted in the leadoff spot, collected three hits.
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Sam Gaviglio replaced Sanchez and pitched around a leadoff single in the seventh.
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The Yankees did not have another hit after Andujar's sixth-inning leadoff double.
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The Astros use their best power hitter, George Springer, in the leadoff spot.
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It's "Shallow," the leadoff single and most boffo track on the soundtrack album.
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The Brewers had just one hit, Logan Morrison's leadoff single in the second.
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Holliday drew a leadoff walk, and Jacoby Ellsbury entered as a pinch-runner.
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He stole second and third in the first inning after a leadoff single.
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Reyes proved valuable at the plate as a leadoff hitter who posted a .
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Casilla (83-28) issued a leadoff walk to Josh Donaldson in the ninth.
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Francisco Cervelli sparked Italy's big inning with a leadoff double against Roberto Osuna.
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Ramos' bloop single after Brad Miller's leadoff double tied the game at 1.
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Betts sparked Boston's two-run first with a leadoff triple to deep center.
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Kolten Wong added a leadoff home run for the Cardinals in the ninth.
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But 1969 was a different story — 26 home runs while batting leadoff, a .
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Paul Goldschmidt hit a leadoff single, and Ozuna worked an eight-pitch walk.
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Ramirez hit a leadoff double and came around to score on Alfaro's groundout.
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Miami threatened in the third inning when Jorge Alfaro hit a leadoff double.
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The Phillies opened the game with a leadoff homer by Cesar Hernandez, his 14th.
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Russell launched a leadoff home run to left for his 252st of the season.
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A leadoff walk to Hernandez and singles by Herrera and Franco loaded the bases.
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SS Adeiny Hechavarria batted leadoff spot for only the fifth time this season Thursday.
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The Rockies took a 1-0 lead on Reynolds' leadoff homer in the second.
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Leadoff batter Aaron Altherr was hit by a pitch and scored when Galvis homered.
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Bieber was replaced after allowing a leadoff double to Tyler Wade in the eighth.
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He also had one of Chicago's six hits, a leadoff single in the fifth.
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Nimmo reached base three times in four plate appearances out of the leadoff spot.
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CF Stephen Piscotty batted leadoff on Tuesday for the first time in his career.
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It's the first leadoff homer by an Indians player at Progressive Field since Sept.
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The leadoff homer was the third of Margot's career and his second this season.
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He was removed for James Pazos after issuing a leadoff walk to Jose Bautista.
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Vogelbach sparked a four-run inning with a leadoff home run in the fifth.
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His leadoff homer to right-center in the second ignited a four-run frame.
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Kiermaier put Tampa Bay on the board with his leadoff homer in the third.
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But Romine came through in the sixth with a leadoff homer against Tayler Scott.
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To invoke Bauer's example once more, a leadoff hitter is anyone who can hit.
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Herrera reached on a leadoff walk and advanced to second on Cesar Hernandez's single.
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Encarnacion and leadoff hitter Francisco Lindor each hit his 17th homer of the season.
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He wasn't sure his leadoff homer to left-center in the fifth was gone.
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Verrett also contributed his first major league hit, a leadoff double in the fifth.
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It was his sixth leadoff home run this season and 38th in his career.
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Aaron Judge drew a leadoff walk and scored on a sacrifice fly by Austin.
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Houston's George Springer hit a leadoff home run for the fourth time this season.
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Gose's second home run of the season followed a leadoff walk to Jose Iglesias.
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Brugman hit a leadoff homer in the fifth inning off Twins RHP Bartolo Colon.
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It was his 22017th homer of the season and his first career leadoff homer.
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The Orioles held the lead until the sixth when Rendon belted his leadoff homer.
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The previous batter, Encarnacion, grounded into a double play following Josh Donaldson's leadoff single.
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It was his third leadoff homer of the season and 17th of his career.
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Calhoun's leadoff homer to right in the fourth tied the score at 2-all.
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Catcher Martin Maldonado added a leadoff homer to ignite the Astros' two-run seventh.
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Butler departed after Arcia reached base with a leadoff infield single in the fourth.
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Bradley went 266 for 21979 while batting leadoff for the first time this season.
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He is one of five players to have eight RBIs as a leadoff hitter.
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He went 2-for-4 and walked once Sunday as the A's leadoff hitter.
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CF Charlie Blackmon, who typically hits leadoff, made his second career start batting third.
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The Cubs scored four times in the second, starting with Happ's leadoff home run.
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Chapman struck out the leadoff man in the ninth and then walked Carlos Ruiz.
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Garcia delivered a leadoff double to right and scored on Anderson's single to right.
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Felipe Vazquez worked around a leadoff single in the ninth for his 31st save.
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Boog Powell lined a leadoff single and moved to third on Matt Joyce's single.
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They slapped five singles, with Merrifield sparking the uprising with a leadoff infield hit.
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Kipnis's leadoff home run ignited Cleveland's two-run sixth, breaking a 2-2 tie.
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Kershaw gave up a leadoff single to Cardinals LF Randal Grichuk in the ninth.
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Kluber, the Indians' ace, surrendered a leadoff home run to the Cubs' Dexter Fowler.
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Yolmer Sanchez hit a leadoff single and was forced out on Adam Engel's grounder.
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The other was after a leadoff walk in the eighth inning to Todd Frazier.
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Martin Prado hit a leadoff single and Miguel Rojas drew a seven-pitch walk.
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Paxton exited after allowing a leadoff double to Yuli Gurriel in the sixth inning.
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Masahiro Tanaka issued a leadoff walk to Alex Bregman — which usually leads to trouble.
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Curtis Granderson reached on a leadoff triple and scored on a single by Bruce.
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Henderson was probably the greatest leadoff man ever, and Raines played in his shadow.
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Maddon didn't hesitate when asked if Rizzo would bat leadoff in Wednesday's series finale.
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The only blemish against him was Eric Sogard's leadoff homer in the second inning.
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Ellsbury had batted in the leadoff spot in the previous 70 games he started.
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Detroit 2B Ian Kinsler slugged the 34th leadoff homer of his career on Monday.
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Cardinals closer Carlos Martinez pitched around a leadoff walk to secure his 23rd save.
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Dahl increased the lead to 5-2 with a leadoff homer in the sixth.
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The Mariners closer allowed a leadoff walk to Carlos Correa to heighten the drama.
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Yolmer Sanchez prevented the shutout with a leadoff homer in the ninth, his third.
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Gattis' eighth homer followed Rasmus' leadoff double and cut the deficit to 3-2.
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Toronto's Aaron Loup overcame a leadoff bunt single by Polanco to complete the eighth.
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Wilmer Flores added a leadoff homer in the fifth for the Mets (24-30).
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Davis made it 3-0 with a leadoff home run in the fifth inning.
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Mike Moustakas hit a leadoff single that deflected off first baseman Garrett Cooper's glove.
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But Mets closer Edwin Diaz (1-5) issued a leadoff walk to Cesar Hernandez.
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Some of those guys are decent base-stealers; none of them are leadoff hitters; There was often no obvious leadoff candidate on the Reds, but that's exactly why Baker's blinders are so vexing—if the solutions were always obvious, literally anyone could manage.
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Martinez, meanwhile, encountered little trouble, working around leadoff runners in the second and fourth innings.
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NOTES: Toronto CF Kevin Pillar batted leadoff for LF Michael Saunders, who did not start.
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Javy Guerra surrendered Garcia's leadoff double and issued a one-out walk to Daniel Robertson.
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It was the first game Atlanta has lost since Acuna was moved back to leadoff.
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Bautista hit in the leadoff spot for the 21st time this season and is batting .
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The 214 homers leads all National League leadoff hitters and ranks third in the majors.
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He tossed six scoreless innings before departing after walking the leadoff batter in the seventh.
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Bradley's leadoff blast to center in the second brought the Red Sox within a run.
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With the Mets down 4-2 in the seventh, J.D. Davis hit a leadoff homer.
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It was his 20th homer of the year and eighth leadoff homer of the season.
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Dickerson cut that to 5-3 with a leadoff homer to right in the eighth.
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Ozuna's leadoff homer in the bottom of the second cut Miami's deficit to 6-1.
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Aoki had been batting leadoff, but CF Leonys Martin moved up to that spot Monday.
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Last season, Maddon viewed the No. 9 spot as a potential second lineup leadoff batter.
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It was Fowler's third leadoff home run of the season and 17th of his career.
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He was lifted after allowing a leadoff single to Taylor Motter in the seventh inning.
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Anderson drew a leadoff walk and eventually reached third by swiping the next two bags.
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Axford gave up a leadoff single to CF Adam Jones, then got three straight outs.
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Leadoff batter Justin Bour worked a walk after falling behind 1-2 in the count.
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The Giants immediately countered with a two-run inning, ignited by Gorkys Hernandez's leadoff double.
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The Brewers threatened in the bottom of the inning with a leadoff walk for Perez.
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Tigers leadoff hitter Leonys Martin had three hits, walked twice and drove in two runs.
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RF Jose Bautista blasted a leadoff solo home run to open Sunday's game at Boston.
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Justin Upton drew a leadoff walk, and Andrelton Simmons grounded a single into left field.
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Davis tied the score with a leadoff shot in the top of the second inning.
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Simmons began and finished off the outburst with a leadoff double and an RBI single.
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Shawn O'Malley started at shortstop Monday, while LF Daniel Robertson was in the leadoff spot.
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The Indians could not capitalize on a leadoff double by Carlos Santana in the fourth.
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And, just as in the fourth inning, the rally was started by Stanton's leadoff walk.
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He was removed after issuing a leadoff walk to Francisco Lindor in the fourth inning.
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Galvis then stretched the lead to 3-0 with a leadoff homer in the fourth.
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Miami threatened in the sixth as Rojas, facing reliever Diego Castillo, hit a leadoff triple.
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"With the leadoff double, I thought we needed a strikeout," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
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Leury Garcia moved from center field to start at shortstop and hit leadoff on Wednesday.
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He hit leadoff in his Boston debut but went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts.
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Harper, who batted leadoff for the third straight game, and Hernandez each had two hits.
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He moved Jose Bautista into the leadoff spot, followed by Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion.
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Miranda allowed leadoff home runs in each of the first two innings but settled down.
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Blackmon went 1-for-4 with a walk and a run in the leadoff spot.
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Fowler has eight home runs this season and 18 leadoff home runs in his career.
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He had a leadoff single in the ninth and was subbed for a pinch-runner.
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LF Marwin Gonzalez produced a multi-hit game in his 22006th career start batting leadoff.
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Yet other than allowing a leadoff homer by Schoop in the third, Nova was unscathed.
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Ryan McMahon has homered in back-to-back games, leadoff hitter Charlie Blackmon his hitting .
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Moore's leadoff homer off Matt Hall in the seventh gave Seattle a 4-2 lead.
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OF Manuel Margot came off the disabled list and returned to center field, batting leadoff.
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Zimmerman drew a leadoff walk and moved to third on Daniel Murphy's single to left.
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Pittsburgh tied it in the second on Gregory Polanco's leadoff double and Rodriguez's RBI single.
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In the fifth, Francisco Cervelli became Pittsburgh's first baserunner with a leadoff single to left.
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The move will make Gomes the leadoff batter in the top of the eighth inning.
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Waguespack pitched around a leadoff walk and a two-out single in the sixth inning.
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Fowler hit his fifth leadoff home run of the season and 19th of his career.
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Nimmo filled in at the leadoff spot because Curtis Granderson's calf strain had not improved.
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Leadoff man Manuel Margot helped the Padres manufacture a 23-0 lead in the first.
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Toronto reliever Seunghwan Oh pitched around a leadoff walk in the bottom of the seventh.
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Austin Barnes stroked a leadoff single into left, which brought up pinch-hitter Chase Utley.
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Judge batted leadoff for the first time in his career and was 0-for-4.
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Pederson's leadoff homer in the bottom of the inning highlighted Los Angeles' two-run first.
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Anthony Santander tied it for the Orioles with a leadoff home run in the fourth.
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Eric Sogard ended Happ's shutout bid with a leadoff homer in the sixth, his fifth.
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Brad Brach (3-2) took the loss after surrendering Hechavarria's leadoff single in the seventh.
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And if the essence of a leadoff batter remains scoring runs, Betts did that, too.
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The Red Sox took advantage of a leadoff walk to Mookie Betts in the first.
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Jon Berti drew a leadoff walk, and Neil Walker pulled a homer to right-center.
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Mark Teixeira ended it quickly with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the 237th.
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A leadoff walk to Jeimer Candelario in the first led to the Tigers' first run.
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The leadoff batter smacked Kennedy's 93 mph fastball 409 feet for a 1-0 lead.
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It was the first leadoff home run ever in Game 7 of a World Series.
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Betts hit a leadoff home run and had three of his four hits off Peralta.
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Leadoff hitter Billy McKinney went 27-for-23 with a double and homer for Toronto.
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Leadoff hitter Billy McKinney went 3-for-4 with a double and homer for Toronto.
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He gave up a leadoff single to Dee Gordon and then got a ground ball.
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Tyler Naquin's leadoff single began the ninth-inning rally, Yandy Diaz sacrificed and Almonte singled.
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Another angle: Joe Biden has struggled to generate enthusiasm in Iowa, the leadoff caucus state.
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The Braves are now 8-2 since Acuna was moved back into the leadoff spot.
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Jeffress gave up a leadoff single to Ian Happ but retired his next two batters.
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Jon Berti hit a leadoff homer and scored Miami's other run after drawing a walk.
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OF Delino DeShields returned to the leadoff spot for the first time since April 22.
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And in the third, Moss' leadoff double was erased when Foltynewicz got three quick outs.
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Jorge Polanco drew a leadoff walk and advanced to second on a balk by Freeland.
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Andrew Romine started at second base and went 0-for-4 from the leadoff spot.
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He gave up a leadoff single in the first and then retired three straight batters.
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Rays reliever Chaz Roe allowed a leadoff single to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the seventh.
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Leadoff batter Curtis Granderson reached on a first-inning error by Brewers shortstop Orlando Arcia.
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He allowed a leadoff single to Dansby Swanson and walked Nick Markakis with two outs.
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Moved to the leadoff spot in the series by manager Joe Maddon, Heyward answered immediately with his own solo shot in the bottom half, lashing the first pitch from Houser to center for his 17th home run and second leadoff blast of the series.
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Yost moved Alcides Escobar to the leadoff spot for the first time this season - he was the leadoff hitter of the franchise's 2015 World Series championship squad - and he helped ignite the slump-breaking effort with his fifth multi-hit performance of the season.
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Willson Contreras drew a leadoff walk and advanced to third on Addison Russell's one-out single.
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Kinsler has hit seven leadoff homers this season, tying Curtis Granderson for the franchise record. 2.
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CF Kevin Pillar batted leadoff on Thursday night for LF Michael Saunders, who did not start.
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Yoan Lopez pitched the ninth for the Diamondbacks and survived a leadoff double by Teoscar Hernandez.
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The last leadoff hitter to do that was Philadelphia OF Shane Victorino on April 14, 2010.
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OF Keon Broxton moved into the Brewers' leadoff spot Sunday afternoon, replacing slumping 2B Jonathan Vilar.
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Aguilar made it 3-0 when he drilled an opposite-field, leadoff homer in the fourth.
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Kansas City leadoff hitter Alcides Escobar went 3-for-5 with a double and a run.
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Neris allowed a leadoff home run to Atlanta's Adonis Garcia before a 24-minute rain interrupted.
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Jonathan Schoop got the Orioles' first hit with a leadoff single off Duffy in the third.
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The leadoff man getting on four out of five innings really bit him a little bit.
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SS Adeiny Hechavarria started in the leadoff spot Thursday for just the fifth time this season.
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Altherr drew a leadoff walk from reliever Austin Brice, who then made two straight throwing errors.
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Martin slapped a leadoff single, and McCann brought him home with a double to left-center.
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He drilled Cameron Maybin with a 1-0 pitch as the leadoff batter in the seventh.
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Yasiel Puig hit a leadoff single to left and advanced on a walk to Enrique Hernandez.
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Smith opened with a leadoff home run to right for his 19th homer of the season.
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The Nationals capitalized with an RBI groundout from Anthony Rendon that scored leadoff man Trea Turner.
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Trea Turner drew a leadoff walk, stole second and then took third on a passed ball.
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Descalso went 23-3 with a walk in the leadoff role, lowering his average to .215.
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Joe Smith came in to pitch for Houston and allowed a leadoff single to Ryan Zimmerman.
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Sanchez said he first noticed the split nail Sunday after a leadoff walk to Corey Dickerson.
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It was the ninth homer of the season for Choo, who hit in the leadoff spot.
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Prior to Friday, Ellsbury had hit in the leadoff spot in all 70 games he started.
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Following Justin Morneau's leadoff single, Frazier ripped a 2-2 pitch into the left-field seats.
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Koehler got off to a bad start by walking leadoff batter Travis Shaw in the second.
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Souza gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead with a leadoff home run in the second.
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Greinke gave up four hits and three runs, leaving after Barnes' leadoff homer in the sixth.
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Second baseman Jurickson Profar added a leadoff blast, his 10th, off Chris Devenski in the ninth.
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Hendricks retired nine straight batters until issuing a leadoff walk to Josh Harrison in the fourth.
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Dexter Fowler ended the no-hit bid Thursday with a leadoff double in the first inning.
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Strickland, who pitched around a leadoff walk in the ninth, was credited with his fourth save.
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Alex Claudio relieved after Davies gave up a leadoff double in the ninth to Colin Moran.
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Acuna drew a leadoff walk against left-hander Derek Holland, and Swanson followed with a single.
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Josh Naylor had a leadoff single before Greg Garcia flew out and Wil Myers grounded out.
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In the second, Anderson gave up an opposite-field leadoff double to Gonzalez in the second.
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But the sixth was his undoing, and it started with a leadoff walk to Brandon Belt.
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Ryan allowed a leadoff single but retired the next three including strikeouts of the final two.
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Alonso homered to right field off LHP Daniel Norris after Ryon Healy worked a leadoff walk.
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"Timmy's brought a lot for us, especially in that leadoff spot," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.
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His leadoff blast in the third against Detroit starter Matthew Boyd sparked a seven-run outburst.
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Four of those have come from the leadoff spot in the order, a major league record.
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Adam Eaton tripled home the tying tally, knocking in Strasburg, who had hit a leadoff single.
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Freeman hit a leadoff double and took third when right fielder Giancarlo Stanton dropped the ball.
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His first-inning leadoff double Thursday extended his hitting streak to six games (11-for-28).
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Joey Gallo drew a leadoff walk and Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a single up the middle.
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Junis was removed in the eighth after giving up a bloop leadoff single to Mikie Mahtook.
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He gave up a leadoff single to OF Kole Calhoun but retired the next three batters.
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McCullers struck out the side after allowing a leadoff double to Aaron Judge in the fifth.
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The star player gets the leadoff spot, and we work our way down to the scrubs.
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Closer A.J. Ramos pitched around Matt Holliday's leadoff double in the ninth for his 29th save.
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Alvarez recorded a leadoff blast to straightaway center field in the second to ignite the surge.
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Jeimer Candelario drew a leadoff walk and, one out later, Castellanos drilled an opposite-field shot.
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Freddy Galvis gave Toronto a 2-1 lead with a leadoff home run in the seventh.
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Austin Barnes hit a leadoff single before pinch hitter Chase Utley was hit by a pitch.
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Kershaw retired 263 of the first 2095 Giants before Pagan's leadoff home run in the fifth.
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Altuve is the first player since Alfonso Soriano in 2003 with five leadoff homers before June.
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Pence, Buster Posey and leadoff batter Denard Span are a combined 0-for-15 against Straily.
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DeShields is the Rangers' primary leadoff hitter but has struggled this season, as evidenced by his .
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Adam Jones made it 6-4 with a leadoff homer against Christian Bergman in the fifth.
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The backstroker Ryan Murphy set the tone with a world-record leadoff leg of 1003 seconds.
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Especially when you walk the leadoff guy, you're kind of putting yourself in a bad situation.
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LF Norichika Aoki, the former leadoff hitter, settled in at No. 9 the past two nights.
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Suarez was stranded at second after a leadoff single in the eighth off righty Adam Ottavino.
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Harper, batting leadoff for the first time this year, went 1-for-5 with three strikeouts.
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Choo extended his on-base streak to 41 games by drawing a leadoff walk against Covey.
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Derek Dietrich started Miami's three-run, fifth-inning rally with a leadoff double to right-center.
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Miller replaced Rodriguez to begin the sixth and promptly allowed a leadoff triple to Jonathan Schoop.
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Ben Zobrist, who started in right field on Thursday, moved to second base and hit leadoff.
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Grilli allowed a leadoff single to Manny Machado and walked Davis before striking out Mark Trumbo.
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It all started with a leadoff walk by J.T. Realmuto against reliever Neil Ramirez (0-21).
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Right-hander Gavin Floyd pitched the ninth for Toronto and survived a leadoff double by Jackson.
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He coughed up a leadoff double to Brandon Crawford and walked Joe Panik with one out.
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Ryan Tepera replaced Pannone in the eighth and allowed a leadoff infield single to John Andreoli.
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Shae Simmons (0-2) replaced Paxton to start the seventh and walked leadoff batter Luis Valbuena.
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He worked around three walks, and allowed the leadoff hitter on base in three consecutive innings.
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Bubba Starling opened the scoring for the Royals with a leadoff home run in the second.
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He ended his night by striking out the Rockies' leadoff batter, Charlie Blackmon, to strand two.
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The leadoff position was the last top number available when it was her turn to select.
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The only other hit Tanaka allowed was a leadoff double to Omar Narvaez in the seventh.
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Freese, who has been especially productive against left-handed pitching, made his leadoff at-bat count.
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Yordan Alvarez drew a leadoff walk ahead of a fly out to right by Martin Maldonado.
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Yordan Alvarez drew a leadoff walk ahead of a fly out to right by Martin Maldonado.
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Dozier hit a leadoff single before Plouffe's seventh homer barely cleared the overhang in right field.
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RF Adam Eaton was back in the leadoff spot Monday, and he went 1-for-5.
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Charlie Blackmon drew a leadoff walk, and Arenado blasted a two-run shot to center field.
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He walked the leadoff batter, but then got Jason Heyward to ground into a double play.
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Ozuna's exit happened shortly after he hit a leadoff double in the sixth but was stranded.
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The Indians, who had trailed since Dexter Fowler's leadoff home run, had suddenly tied the game.
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CF Ben Revere, the leadoff hitter, entered Saturday with two hits in last 20 at-bats.
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Leadoff hitter JT Riddle singled and scored when Miguel Rojas doubled to the left-center gap.
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Travis Jankowski opened the inning by greeting left-handed reliever Jake Diekman with a leadoff walk.
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Lackey then helped himself in the fourth, putting down a sacrifice bunt following Kawasaki's leadoff single.
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Upton's 26th homer of the season followed a leadoff single by David Fletcher in the fifth.
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Jason Adam replaced Thornton in the sixth and pitched around a leadoff walk to Tommy Pham.
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John Axford replaced Smith in the seventh inning and issued a leadoff walk to Jose Bautista.
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Leadoff man Carpenter homered on Kluber's fourth pitch of the game to make it 2-1.
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Randal Grichuk worked a leadoff walk, stole second and took third on a groundout by Travis.
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A leadoff walk to Omar Narvaez led to the White Sox's next run in the fourth.
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Both runs were unearned because of a throwing error by shortstop Torres on Guerrero's leadoff grounder.
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The Miami fans, strangely and sadly quiet to that point outside of the leadoff homer, booed.
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In the bottom of the inning, Choi drew a leadoff walk from Kline, and Garcia singled.
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He is in the leadoff spot while CF Dexter Fowler battles to return to full-time duty.
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Arrieta (0-1) allowed an Anthony Rendon leadoff double and then issued walks to Taylor and Turner.
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Victor Martinez drew a leadoff walk, advanced on a John Hicks single and scored on Greiner's double.
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Seager followed Cruz's leadoff double with a single up the middle, giving Seattle a 1-0 lead.
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Senzatela allowed only a leadoff single to Brandon Belt in the fourth the rest of the way.
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Morton issued a leadoff walk to Stephen Drew, who advanced to second on a Jose Lobaton groundout.
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He said he first noticed it after a leadoff walk to Tampa Bay Rays LF Corey Dickerson.
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I will be moderating the leadoff morning panel, Inside ETF Round Table: Where to Invest in 2017.
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The A's began the rally with a leadoff single and an error by third baseman Matt Davidson.
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Kela worked around a leadoff single by Jonathan Lucroy in the ninth to record his first save.
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Tampa Bay got help from three double plays, erasing leadoff hitters in the fourth, sixth and eighth.
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Ryne Stanek worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth to earn his first major league save.
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Indians leadoff hitter Leonys Martin, a former Mariner, went 3-for-5 with a run-scoring double.
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Springer, who hit leadoff 13 times last season, also doubled on the first pitch of the game.
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Vogt finally broke through with the leadoff homer in the seventh, giving Oakland a 83-0 lead.
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It was his ninth homer of the season and marked the ninth leadoff homer for his career.
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Houston pulled even on Aoki's leadoff home run in the fifth, his first blast of the season.
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Skaggs was replaced in the fifth by Mike Morin after giving up a leadoff walk to Donaldson.
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Diaz greeted Mychal Givens with a leadoff single in the bottom of the seventh, and Travis tripled.
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Mark Canha lined a leadoff single to left and continued to second on an error by Mazara.
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The blast came after a regular season when Pederson had 25 home runs, including eight leadoff homers.
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After his 2-for-4 with a walk on Monday, Nats leadoff hitters have a .189/.228/.
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National League manager Dave Roberts slotted Yelich into the leadoff spot and left field for Tuesday's contest.
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The Mets finished with four homers, including a leadoff blast in the first inning by Michael Conforto.
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Nieuwenhuis' day started with a leadoff single in the second that snapped an 230-for-21 streak.
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It was his 36th career leadoff homer, breaking a tie with Bobby Bonds for ninth all-time.
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Toles, who replaced Chase Utley, who played 110 games in the leadoff position, went 1-for-3.
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The leadoff man's 446-foot home run gave the Indians a 2-1 lead in the fifth.
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Detroit knotted things up in the sixth on Dawel Lugo's leadoff triple and Pete Kozma's sacrifice fly.
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It was the first leadoff homer of the season for Choo and the 28th of his career.
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The Tigers responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning, sparked by Gose's leadoff double.
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Cozart tied the score 4-4 with a leadoff homer on Garcia's first pitch in the fourth.
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CF Brett Eibner snapped an 0-for-20 slump with a leadoff double in Saturday's sixth inning.
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The 25-year-old Engel was in the lineup Tuesday as Chicago's leadoff hitter and center fielder.
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Blake I don't know that Kevin Pillar would have ever been my leadoff hitter, to be honest.
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Dustin Pedroia lined a leadoff single to right and took second on right fielder Brett Eibner's error.
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Cesar Hernandez had the Phillies' other hit, a leadoff bunt single in the sixth against AJ Ramos.
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Avisail Garcia drew a leadoff walk, and Sogard followed by pulling a two-run homer to right.
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Jose Bautista, elevated to the leadoff spot, has homered in three consecutive games for the Blue Jays.
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Houston expanded its lead and chased Tropeano in the sixth as Altuve ripped a leadoff home run.
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He yielded a leadoff single to Alexi Amarista, who stole second as Estevez struck out Jon Jay.
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DH Nelson Cruz gave Seattle a 723-0 lead in the second inning with a leadoff homer.
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The Texas leadoff hitter Rougned Odor and Nomar Mazara went back-to-back in the first inning.
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Freddy Galvis hit a leadoff double to right field and went to third on a wild pitch.
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Tigers 2B Ian Kinsler hit his 41st leadoff homer Wednesday, the seventh-highest total since 1913. 2.
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Barria (1-1) exited the game after giving up a sixth-inning, leadoff single to Hunter Pence.
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All six of Santana's career leadoff homers have come since the start of the 2016 season. 3.
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He is the eighth player in NL history to drive in 23 runs from the leadoff spot.
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Austin Romine followed a leadoff single from Chase Headley with an RBI double to straightaway center field.
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Pomeranz gave up a leadoff single to start the third and was gone after just 23 pitches.
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But Chapman could not grip the ball well amid all the raindrops and walked the leadoff hitter.
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Albies drew a leadoff walk and scored from first on Nick Markakis' two-out double to right.
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His is the 217th 27-homer season by a National League leadoff hitter since the 217 season.
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Osuna, the fifth Toronto reliever, worked around a leadoff double in the ninth to save the game.
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CF Dexter Fowler batted second Thursday, snapping a streak of 240 consecutive starts as a leadoff hitter.
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Chase Headley drew a leadoff walk and scored on Cory Spangenberg's double to the left-center gap.
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But Gibbons had Pillar bat leadoff throughout camp to see if lip service would manifest in results.
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Jon Jay opened the game with a leadoff single and moved to third on Whit Merrifield's double.
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He has a franchise-record 211 leadoff homers for the Mets, including two within the past week.
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The Brewers tied it in the second on Aguilar's leadoff, first-pitch homer to center, his fourth.
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He retired Chris Taylor on just one pitch when the Dodgers' leadoff man flew out to right.
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"He keeps the ball off the middle of the plate," George Springer, the Astros' leadoff hitter, said.
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A. J. Minter worked around a leadoff walk to Flores to remain perfect in seven save chances.
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Victor Robles hit a leadoff double, advanced on Sanchez's sacrifice bunt and scored on Turner's RBI groundout.
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Chapman surrendered a leadoff single to Gomes in the ninth and then hit Zimmer with a pitch.
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The Yankees replaced Luis Severino with Tommy Kahnle and Kahnle allowed a leadoff single to Jake Cave.
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He committed a two-base throwing error after Gardner hit a leadoff ground ball to the mound.
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His leadoff homer against the Mets in the Subway Series in 2000, to name only a few.
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He retired 10 straight batters after giving up a leadoff walk to Markakis to start the game.
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Oakland took the lead in the fourth on Matt Joyce's leadoff single and Lowrie's double to right.
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Paul DeJong, the Cardinals' rookie shortstop, collected four hits, including a leadoff home run in the third.
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In the ninth, Castro followed Ellsbury's leadoff single by hitting into a 22-21-22 double play.
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Neal pitched three perfect innings before Orioles CF Adam Jones hit a leadoff homer in the fourth.
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Puerto Rico's leadoff batter, Javier Baez, was hit by a pitch from Mychal Givens and stole second.
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Zach Britton pitched the bottom of the eighth for the Orioles and worked around a leadoff walk.
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Dominic Leone replaced Happ for the seventh and pitched around a leadoff single and had two strikeouts.
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Trea Turner hit a leadoff single, advanced on an Anthony Rendon walk and scored on Zimmerman's single.
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It also gives Girardi what he called a second leadoff hitter in the middle of the order.
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Dozier is tied with Chuck Knoblauch for the second-most career leadoff homers in franchise history, 14.
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In the third, Alcantara drew a leadoff walk, Granderson doubled and Cooper walked to load the bases.
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DeJong tied the late game at 5-5 with a leadoff homer against Jeurys Familia (2-503).
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Gray cruised through the first three innings before allowing a leadoff triple to Realmuto in the fourth.
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The two-out homer followed a leadoff single by Travis Jankowski and a one-out single by Kemp.
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Forsythe opened the first inning with his 13th homer of the season and the second career leadoff blast.
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Vogt cut Kansas City's lead to 2-1, launching a leadoff home run into the right-field seats.
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Musgrove walked the leadoff batter in three of the first four innings and each time the player scored.
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Zunino set up the scoring chance with a leadoff double, with pinch runner Andrew Romine scoring the run.
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It was the 14th leadoff homer of Acuna's career, three off the franchise record set by Felipe Alou.
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Oakland CF and leadoff batter Billy Burns is 7-for-18 during his four-game hitting streak. 2.
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He batted in the leadoff spot and went 1-for-2, reached base three times and scored twice.
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The Blue Jays scored once in the first when leadoff batter McKinney doubled and Galvis singled him home.
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Franchy Cordero drew a leadoff walk and came around on singles by Lopez and pinch hitter Chase Headley.
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Schwarber's home run was his 15th of the season and his third career leadoff homer, all this season.
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Alex Colome (1-0) worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth inning to pick up the win.
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Carpenter led off the bottom of the first inning with his 19th homer, his 20th career leadoff homer.
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Smith's speed can be a difference-maker, and continued success could put him in a leadoff role soon.
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Turner made his third start of the year for the Nationals and hit leadoff for the second time.
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Hicks gave the Yankees a quick 1-0 lead with a leadoff home run in the first inning.
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Jose Altuve lined a leadoff single to right, his first hit off Manaea in 14 career at-bats.
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Yonder Alonso lined a leadoff double to right and Fiers walked Ryon Healy, the final batter he faced.
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Ynoa gave up a leadoff double and issued two walks but escaped the inning without allowing a run.
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The A's gave Manaea a brief 1-0 lead when Chapman opened the fifth with a leadoff homer.
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Chicago's Dexter Fowler fouled off three pitches before ripping a leadoff double to right in the first inning.
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He allowed a leadoff single to Jace Peterson, who was sacrificed to second, and intentionally walked Freddie Freeman.
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Kinsler's leadoff home run was the 46th of his career, tied for fourth all time with Jimmy Rollins.
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CF Denard Span was due to start and hit leadoff but was scratched due to right neck soreness.
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Martin drew a leadoff walk, stole second and third, then scored on Martinez's two-out single to left.
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INF Eric Sogard was in the leadoff spot instead of INF Jonathan Villar on Saturday before the rainout.
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The Dodgers matched the Cardinals with a leadoff double from Corey Seager in their half of the second.
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He departed after Astros catcher Evan Gattis smoked a leadoff single to left field in the eighth inning.
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LF Andrew Toles, who batted leadoff in his previous seven starts, dropped to No. 7 in the order.
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McCutchen batted leadoff and went 0-for-3 after being acquired from the San Francisco Giants on Friday.
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Asdrubal Cabrera hit a leadoff single, and the next batter, Cespedes, pulled a 432-foot blast to left.
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Tampa Bay 2B and leadoff batter Logan Forsythe is 8-for-18 over his last five outings. 2.
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It was the second leadoff homer in the career of Utley, who had three hits and three RBIs.
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DeSclafani avoided further damage when he struck out Flaherty and leadoff hitter Tommy Edman to end the inning.
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McBride lined a leadoff double down the left field line and scored on Crisp's single with one out.
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Stephen Vogt made it 5-2 with a leadoff homer in the seventh off right-hander Dillon Gee.
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Toronto's Derek Law pitched around a leadoff double and an intentional walk in the bottom of the eighth.
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The Rays got the leadoff runner on base in seven straight innings but scored only when Garcia homered.
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The Rays' scoring in the seventh and eighth both started with leadoff walks — "you're inviting trouble," Farrell said.
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In the third, Nova surrendered a leadoff double to Tony Kemp, then plunked Robinson Chirinos with a pitch.
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Crisp, though, is Oakland's leadoff hitter, meaning he typically will get fewer at-bats with runners on base.
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In the seventh, Miley gave up a leadoff walk but got Olson to ground into a double play.
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"It's letting leadoff guys on consistently with walks that hurt us today," San Diego manager Andy Green said.
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Rays 2B and leadoff batter Logan Forsythe is just 6-for-45 over his last 11 games. 2.
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Zimmermann walked the leadoff man in the second and Wieters followed with his 13th homer of the season.
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Arizona scored in the first when leadoff hitter Jean Segura and Michael Bourne hit back-to-back doubles.
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Bryce Harper worked a leadoff walk to set up the rally, which included three consecutive one-out singles.
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Seunghwan Oh replace Borucki for the eighth and pitched around a leadoff single and tossed a perfect ninth.
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The Mets scored first, scratching out a run in the first with groundouts after Curtis Granderson's leadoff double.
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INF Eric Sogard added an RBI single Saturday and the Brewers are 7-0 with him batting leadoff.
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And Gardner's leadoff double in the third was wasted when the next three batters went down in order.
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Bryan Shaw, Cleveland's third pitcher, allowed a leadoff single to Ryan Goins in the bottom of the seventh.
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Rodriguez greeted reliever Edward Mujica with a leadoff homer in the eighth for a 7-3 Pirates lead.
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Minnesota leadoff man Brian Dozier went 0-for-4 and saw his hitting streak end at 17 games.
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The Rays had a leadoff single in the first that was followed by a walk to Matt Duffy.
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Hoskins worked a leadoff walk in the ninth and was replaced by Scott Kingery as a pinch runner.
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Jankowski hit a leadoff single and scored from first on Carlos Asuaje's double into the right field corner.
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Duggar went 2-for-6 as San Francisco's center fielder and leadoff man in his major league debut.
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Leading 1-0 in the seventh, he allowed a leadoff single to Yoan Moncada before walking Yolmer Sanchez.
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Angels leadoff hitter Ian Kinsler was caught stealing in the third, but Los Angeles still tied the score.
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The Leadoff Man The Mets were putrid, but you'd never know it when watching their new third baseman.
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Valencia launched a leadoff double off the out-of-town scoreboard in right, barely missing a home run.
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Alex Colome navigated a leadoff walk in the 10th to earn his 16th save in as many chances.
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I was a two-bit player and Jason a perennial All-Star — center fielder and shortstop, leadoff hitter.
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The Angels' leadoff hitter took a Taijuan Walker pitch off his left hand and had to come out.
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Phillies left-hander Adam Morgan survived a leadoff infield single in the seventh and pitched a perfect eighth.
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He allowed a leadoff single to Wilson Ramos but induced Denard Span to hit into a double play.
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It was a bad sign, he said, when Santana walked the leadoff man with a three-run lead.
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Leadoff hitter Brett Gardner and catcher Gary Sanchez each struck out five times in Games 1 and 2.
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He fielded it cleanly — and threw wildly past first baseman Logan Morrison, putting the leadoff hitter at second.
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Alex Colome navigated a leadoff walk in the 23th to earn his 16th save in as many chances.
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Alex Gordon hit a leadoff single and scored from first on O'Hearn's double off the wall in left.
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Vargas let the leadoff man on in three of the first four innings but dodged trouble each time.
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In the top of the sixth, Richard walked leadoff batter Kole Calhoun and was replaced by Derek Law.
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Roel Santos, 30, Granma and Cuba's leadoff hitter, earned $150,000 for playing five months last year in Japan.
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Urquidy surrendered just one hit, a Semien leadoff home run in the fourth, his 28th on the season.
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After Cole returned for the seventh inning, Rays third baseman Joey Wendle greeted him with a leadoff triple.
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Ken Giles pitched around a leadoff single in the ninth and had two strikeouts for his 17th save.
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Tanaka (10-7) didn't allow a hit until Kyle Seager's leadoff double to right field in the fifth.
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Juan Soto hit a leadoff double and went to third on Cabrera's single in the next at-bat.
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Cody Allen (1-6) allowed Christian Vazquez's leadoff single in the ninth but retired the next three hitters.
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The left-hander gave up two hits, including Lindor's leadoff home run, over his one inning of work.
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Springer's leadoff homer was followed by a bloop single from Yuli Gurriel that put Houston up 22-210.
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Then Andujar drew a leadoff walk, and after a strikeout by Torres, Gardner homered off reliever Chris Devenski.
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Ramos pinch-hit for Rivera and drew a leadoff walk in the ninth to begin the Mets' rally.
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Ozuna's second long homer, a leadoff shot in the fourth inning, pushed the Cardinals' lead to 3-1.
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A leadoff single by Scooter Gennett in the sixth set the stage for Nieuwenhuis to come through again.
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The Mariners cut it to 219-2101 on Jean Segura's leadoff homer in the bottom of the eighth.
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Trea Turner cut it to 6-3 with a leadoff homer in the bottom half of that inning.
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Jonathan Villar drew a leadoff walk and moved to third on a one-out double by Hernan Perez.
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Leadoff man Travis Jankowski was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, two steals and three runs.
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He allowed a leadoff walk in the ninth inning before getting Beltre to ground into a double play.
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On Sunday they had a leadoff homer by Michael Conforto and a two-run homer by Neil Walker.
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In the bottom of the first inning, the Cubs knocked down the Mets' invaluable leadoff hitter, Tommie Agee.
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Springer became the first player in club history to post five hits and five runs from the leadoff spot.
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Phegley lined a leadoff double to center and scored on Lowie's opposite-field single to right with two outs.
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J.D. Davis hit a leadoff homer, and after two were out, Conforto homered over the right field foul pole.
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Cincinnati got one run back in the third on Cozart's leadoff homer to left, his fourth of the season.
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Santana walked the leadoff hitter to start the seventh and then got three straight strikeouts to end his day.
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Jose Abreu belted a leadoff double before coming around to score after McCann's seeing-eye single to left field.
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Eaton reached on a leadoff bunt single in the third and came home on Anderson's triple to deep right.
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Leadoff man Cesar Hernandez and Galvis rank 2-3 on the Phillies in RBIs with 10 and 13, respectively.
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Miami's Christian Yelich hit a leadoff double in the ninth, but Seung Hwan hung on for his ninth save.
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The only run he allowed occurred in the fourth, and you can blame a leadoff walk to Giancarlo Stanton.
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The 27 homers before the All-Star break are the most by a leadoff hitter in major league history.
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It was the second career leadoff home run by Anderson, and both of them came on the first pitch.
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Austin Dean hit a leadoff single, went to third on Brian Anderson's hit and scored on Castro's sacrifice fly.
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Contreras evened the score in the third with a leadoff homer to left for his sixth of the season.
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Seattle took its first lead in the fifth as Crawford hit a leadoff homer to center field, his sixth.
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Boston's Heath Hembree pitched around a leadoff walk in the seventh, and Ryan Brasier was perfect in the eighth.
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Anibal Sanchez gave up a leadoff infield single to George Springer and got to second on a stolen base.
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"That is why I love batting behind him," said Bryce Harper, whose double to left followed Werth's leadoff homer.
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OF Guillermo Heredia got the start and batted leadoff Tuesday, one day after getting recalled from Triple-A Tacoma.
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Joe Smith allowed a leadoff walk to Logan Morrison in the eighth followed by a single to Derek Norris.
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Walker retired 16 consecutive batters at one point, following a leadoff single from Oakland's Coco Crisp in the first.
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It was his 26th career homer leading off a game and his 88th batting out of the leadoff spot.
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In the ninth, another starting pitcher, Robert Gsellman, pinch-ran for Rene Rivera after Rivera drew a leadoff walk.
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CF Keon Broxton hit in the leadoff spot for the seventh time and went 2-for-4 on Saturday.
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The ball flew 23.14 feet over the St. Louis bullpen in right-center, cashing in Eric Sogard's leadoff walk.
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He got things going for the Astros in their four-run fourth inning when he drew a leadoff walk.
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Beckham, a former White Sox infielder, increased Detroit's advantage to four runs with his leadoff homer in the seventh.
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He gave up a leadoff homer to Dexter Fowler, the third first-inning homer Anderson has allowed this year.
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Harper followed Wilmer Difo's third-inning leadoff single with his 21st homer, a drive into the right-field seats.
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Rookie Phillip Ervin made his first appearance in center and the leadoff spot, and he went 1-for-4.
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His seventh inning leadoff homer proved to be the difference in the Rangers' 2-1 victory at Kansas City.
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That on-base percentage in the middle isn't a typo—Phillies leadoff hitters have yet to take a walk.
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Michael A. Taylor launched a leadoff homer in the third inning to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.
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LF Ben Gamel made his third consecutive start in the leadoff spot Sunday, when he went 0-for-4.
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Cron drew a leadoff walk, advanced to third on Gomez's one-out single and scored on Smith's sacrifice fly.
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It was the Astros' ninth leadoff home run this season, one shy of the club record set in 20153.
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New York 3B and leadoff hitter Jose Reyes is 0-for-9 with four strikeouts through two games. 3.
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The Astros used a leadoff walk (Danny Worth) and bunt single (Jake Marisnick) to set the table against Sale.
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Two innings later, Machado hit a two-run homer off Cubs starter Lester following a leadoff single by Margot.
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It was the ninth leadoff blast of his career, tying the Washington-era franchise record held by Alfonso Soriano.
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The injury occurred after his second hit, a leadoff single in the seventh that raised his May average to .
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Despite striking out four times, George Springer will be back in the leadoff spot in Game 2, Hinch said.
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Michael A. Taylor is expected to take most of Revere's starts and hit leadoff, as he did on Wednesday.
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Longoria chased Seattle starter Nathan Karns with a leadoff double and scored on Corey Dickerson's single off Vidal Nuno.
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He gave up a leadoff single to Austin Slater, who went 252-for-222, but struck out Nick Hundley.
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It was the first leadoff home run by a Toronto player this year and the ninth of Bautista's career.
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Goodwin has hit leadoff for the past few days and hit well, though he was 603-for-5 Frday.
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Omar Narvaez drew a leadoff walk, advanced to second on a single by Eaton and scored on Saladino's single.
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Alonso lined a leadoff single, and Mengden walked Mike Zunino, ending his night and bringing Valencia to the plate.
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But the Angels tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the inning on Ward's leadoff homer.
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Still, Roberts parlayed a strong spring into a spot as the Dodgers' opening-day center fielder and leadoff hitter.
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Bud Norris allowed a leadoff single in the ninth before a strikeout and double play grounder by Xander Bogerts.
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And Senzatela gave up a leadoff double in the third to Turner, and two groundouts led to another run.
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In the eighth, Rios' leadoff, 12-pitch walk — he hit eight foul balls — led to another Los Angeles rally.
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DH Corey Dickerson went 2-for-5 with a run scored out of the leadoff position for the Rays.
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The Mets stirred against Richard Bleier in the bottom of the inning, when Brandon Nimmo delivered a leadoff single.
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Leadoff batter Realmuto doubled down the third base line and came around to score on a groundout by Castro.
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Closer Sergio Romo worked around a leadoff single to Nick Markakis in the ninth and notched his 16th save.
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Then in the sixth, Verlander surrendered a leadoff homer to Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons, his fourth of the season.
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It took nine games, all of them hitting in the lower third, before Pillar stepped into the leadoff spot.
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Howard, the leadoff hitter, signed on the earliest of the three, even though she had the bumpiest offensive ride.
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Leadoff hitter Mallex Smith was hit by a pitch and Tim Lopes then lined a single into right field.
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With Baltimore up 21-22, Cashner (163-216) helped the A's get rolling by hitting leadoff hitter Josh Phegley.
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After his long practice session on Wednesday, he started Thursday's game in San Diego with a leadoff home run.
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Chamberlain issued a leadoff walk and threw two wild pitches — one of which allowed the tying run to score.
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Jacoby Ellsbury hit for Hicks in the seventh inning, and his leadoff triple led to the Yankees' fifth run.
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In Haddix's case, third baseman Don Hoak made a throwing error on Felix Mantilla's leadoff grounder in the 363th.
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Jacob Barnes allowed a leadoff double to Rosell Herrera and walked Lucas Duda before being replaced by Josh Hader.
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The Indians tied the game thanks to a leadoff double, a well-placed bunt, and a run-scoring single.
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The Indians' leadoff man, Rajai Davis, agreed and said Harvey was deceptive until he pitched out of the stretch.
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Texas got a leadoff triple in ninth off Giles and an RBI grounder from Adrian Beltre with one out.
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The Red Sox got a run back in the fourth on Bogaerts' leadoff homer off right-hander Yonny Chirinos.
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Gsellman ran into trouble immediately, walking the game's leadoff batter, Ender Inciarte, and allowing a single to Brandon Phillips.
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Peter O'Brien hit a leadoff double, went to third on a grounder and scored on Lewis Brinson's RBI groundout.
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It was the third straight game that Kepler has homered and the first leadoff home run of his career.
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Sam Fuld, Israel's leadoff hitter, started the game with a single, but was quickly erased on a double play.
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It was his fifth leadoff homer of the season and 2141th of his career to extend his team record.
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Trailing 4-1, the Dodgers opened their big fourth inning with a leadoff home run from Seager, his 17th.
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Washington leadoff man Trea Turner had his bat sawed in half but still muscled a bloop single to center.
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Manny Machado blooped a leadoff double down the left field line and moved to third on Jonathan Schoop's single.
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C.J. Cron hit a leadoff double over center fielder Marisnick's head and took third base on a wild pitch.
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Pillar tied it with a leadoff homer in the seventh, his 10th, to knock out Arizona starter Merrill Kelly.
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The Brewers also put their leadoff batter on in the second and fourth innings, but both were thrown out stealing.
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Leadoff batter Odubel Herrera has hit safely in four straight and 03 of 29 games this season for the Phillies.
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Los Angeles leadoff hitter 3B Yunel Escobar is 5-for-11 with three runs scored in the last three games.
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In the second, Matt Adams drew a leadoff walk, and Suzuki followed with his 11th home run of the season.
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Moncada hit the second pitch of the game for his sixth homer, his second leadoff homer in as many games.
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In addition, Miami, after a 22-24 victory over the Cubs on Thursday, is 2216-1 when Hechavarria bats leadoff.
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Luke Voit drew a leadoff walk, advanced to second on a Brett Gardner single and to third on a groundout.
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He hit ninth in the order — behind the pitcher — to give the Phillies the look of a second leadoff man.
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RF George Springer snapped a 230-for-2100 streak with a leadoff homer and went 2-for-5 on Wednesday.
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Cincinnati put the leadoff batter on in the fifth, but the inning ended with a 1-6-4 double play.
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David Phelps, returning from elbow surgery, made his Blue Jays season debut in the seventh, pitching around a leadoff walk.
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His eight leadoff homers are the second most in Arizona history, trailing the nine that Chris Young hit in 2007.
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Domingo Santana drew a leadoff walk to put the winning run aboard against David Phelps (2-4) in the seventh.
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He issued a leadoff walk in the ninth, followed by consecutive run-scoring doubles by Mark Reynolds and Daniel Descalso.
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Shin-Soo Choo extended his on-base streak to 41 games by drawing a leadoff walk in the first inning.
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Bumgarner took a no-hitter into the fifth inning before surrendering a leadoff double to Phillies third baseman Maikel Franco.
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He got the first hit of the game with a clean single to left to leadoff the fourth against Liriano.
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He pitched around a pair of hits in the first inning and a leadoff single by Simmons in the second.
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In the ninth, Hand gave up a leadoff double to Anthony Rendon and a single to pinch hitter Mark Reynolds.
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Jarrod Dyson, the leadoff man for Arizona, had a two-run shot in the fourth to make it 5-0.
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Davis snapped a 1-1 tie with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the seventh, a 33-foot blast.
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In the seventh, Arizona's Wilmer Flores drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on Nick Ahmed's single, chasing Musgrove.
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Dexter Fowler lined a leadoff single, moved to second on Bryant's walk and scored on Anthony Rizzo's opposite-field double.
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OF/C Kyle Schwarber was out of the leadoff spot Saturday against the Brewers before the game was rained out.
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A team's every-day leadoff hitter is going to get more plate appearances than any other player on the team.
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That's better than the Phillies have done, which is admittedly a low bar; their leadoff hitters are at .140/.138/.
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Max Muncy hit a leadoff single to center and advanced to third on Jed Lowrie's sharp single with one out.
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After going 1-for-4 with a walk, a run and an RBI on Thursday, the leadoff man is hitting .
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St. Louis 53B Matt Carpenter is 6-for-16 with two home runs since returning to the leadoff spot. 2.
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The Red Sox mounted just one threat against Syndergaard, who allowed a leadoff single in the third to Ian Kinsler.
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Chicago wasted a leadoff double from Goins when Gallen recorded two strikeouts and a groundout to escape the inning unscathed.
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Leadoff man Travis Jankowski paced the Padres' offense, reaching base four times in five plate appearances and scoring four runs.
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In the fifth, Desmond's leadoff home run, his 21st long ball of the season, pulled the Rangers within 4-3.
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The Tigers scored in the fifth on a leadoff triple by Mike Aviles and a grounder to second by McCann.
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The 1003-year-old smashed the world record in Sweden's leadoff leg during the 2100x22014m freestyle relay with 208.23 seconds.
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"We couldn't get anything generated, then finally the leadoff walk seemed to get things going," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.
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His sixth-inning leadoff homer came on a 2-0 count and landed in left-center and ended Hendricks' day.
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He only allowed a leadoff single to Aaron Hicks and a bloop double to Austin Romine that started the fifth.
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It was the first career leadoff home run for Semien, and it came on a 1-1 curve from Paxton.
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Jung Ho Kang's leadoff homer in the eighth helped host Pittsburgh beat St. Louis and end an eight-game skid.
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The Yankees managed only one other base runner — Chase Headley's leadoff single in the eighth — the rest of the way.
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Kennedy (11-9) walked four, but Adam Eaton's leadoff single was the only hit he gave up in six innings.
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The homer, Walker's 11th of the season, followed a leadoff single by McCutchen and a two-out walk to Stanton.
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Familia gave up a leadoff single to Trevor Story on a sinker over the plate and then walked David Dahl.
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He went 1 for 5, getting his first career hit with a leadoff single in the bottom of the 10th.
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It was LeMahieu's seventh career leadoff homer, his fifth this season, and his 2493th long ball on the year overall.
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Jon Berti drew a leadoff walk, and Isan Diaz's drag bunt became a single when the rookie dove into first.
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Despite being the club's leadoff hitter, he is tied for the team lead (with OF Stephen Piscotty) with 22 RBIs.
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He retired 15 of the first 16 batters before giving up a leadoff double to Teoscar Hernandez in the sixth.
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Leadoff man Santana worked a two-out walk, and the Indians had a base runner for the third consecutive inning.
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Roberto Osuna allowed a leadoff homer in the ninth but earned his 11th save, stranding runners at second and third.
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He coughed up a four-pitch walk to leadoff man Logan Forsythe, then a single to center by Corey Seager.
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Leadoff hitter Ronald Acuna Jr. is 20 years old, and the team's top source of power, Ozzie Albies, is 21.
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The rollercoaster contest continued into the fifth as Sale opened the inning by issuing a leadoff walk to Brian Dozier.
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INF/OF Jefry Marte got the start at 3B, and 2B Johnny Giavotella took Escobar's leadoff spot in the lineup.
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Hicks had a leadoff single and drew a bases-loaded walk during a five-run uprising in the seventh inning.
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He is the first player in major league history with four leadoff home runs in his team's first nine games.
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"You've got to put him up there and see what was going to happen," Hurdle said of batting Harrison leadoff.
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Curtis Granderson pulled a leadoff homer just inside the foul pole in right for his 103th homer of the season.
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Matt Belisle entered the game in the ninth for the Nationals and gave up a leadoff double to Kris Bryant.
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He is an undersized, do-it-all dynamo, like Jose Altuve, and a leadoff man with power, like George Springer.
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Bryce Harper had two RBIs, via a first-inning groundout, and a leadoff homer in the sixth, for the Phillies.
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They spoke with center fielder Brandon Nimmo, the leadoff hitter who had broken out of a slump in recent games.
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Kendrick drew a leadoff walk in the fourth ahead of Dozier's line-drive homer into the stands in left center.
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And his polling has sagged, both in national surveys and in the leadoff nominating states of Iowa and New Hampshire.
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The Braves rookie Jesse Biddle worked around Wilmer Flores's leadoff double in the 222th for his first major league save.
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But Stallings countered with a leadoff shot, his sixth, off Samardzija in the seventh, bumping the lead to two runs.
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But Stallings countered with a leadoff shot, his sixth, off Samardzija in the seventh, bumping the lead to two runs.
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After Newman's leadoff triple, Reynolds lofted a two-run blast to left field to end a seven-pitch at-bat.
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Bubba Starling hit a leadoff single, stole second and went to third on a throwing error by catcher Martin Maldonado.
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Devon Travis is doing his best to carve out a full-time role as the Toronto Blue Jays' leadoff hitter.
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D. J. LeMahieu hit a leadoff shot (the seventh in Yankees postseason history) to even the score at 1-1.
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The White Sox got a leadoff bloop double from Palka in the second, but Fulmer retired the next three batters.
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Rene Rivera delivered a run-scoring single in the sixth and Michael Conforto hit a leadoff homer in the seventh.
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Milwaukee (20-22012) had the leadoff batter aboard in the ninth, but Jonathan Villar was caught stealing in a rundown.
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Shed Long got a leadoff triple on the game's third pitch and scored when J.P. Crawford followed with a single.
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Minter (0-1) allowed a leadoff single in the ninth to Plawecki, who was replaced by pinch-runner Juan Lagares.
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In the ninth, Reed yielded a leadoff single to Josh Harrison, but he retired the next three Pirates in order.
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The Cardinals jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first thanks to a leadoff home run by Tommy Pham.
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Caleb Joseph drew a leadoff walk, and Tim Beckham followed with a slow infield single up the third-base line.
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OF Andrew Toles started the Dodgers' winning rally against the Giants with a pinch-hit, leadoff single in the ninth.
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Shed Long got a leadoff triple on the game's third pitch and scored when J.P. Crawford followed with a single.
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He is tied with Nomar Garciaparra (1997) and Hanley Ramirez (2006) for the second-most leadoff homers by a rookie.
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Ben Zobrist drew a leadoff walk, moved to third on Willson Contreras' bloop single, and scored on Happ's RBI double.
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The only run the left-hander allowed was a leadoff homer by the Astros' George Springer in the first inning.
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Gant (1-2) sailed through five innings, giving up just two leadoff singles, before Pittsburgh chased him in the sixth.
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Rodon threw 39 pitches in the first inning before giving up a leadoff double to Adames to start the second.
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Mookie Betts, Boston: July 2 at Toronto Tied major league record with eight runs batted in from the leadoff spot.
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After the clubs traded single runs, the A's took command in the last of the seventh following Phegley's leadoff double.
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Kershaw retired the first six batters he faced, but Valaika broke that string with a leadoff single in the third.
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Tampa Bay rallied to tie the game with single runs in the second (a leadoff double by Choi and an RBI single by Adames), fifth (a leadoff double by Guillermo Heredia and an RBI single by Meadows) and sixth (Adames scoring on a throwing error by reliever Craig Stammen after doubling to open the inning).
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Leadoff hitter Billy Hamilton went 2-for-193 with three stolen bases, giving him a league-high 37 for the season.
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Right-hander Koji Uehara took over for Boston and overcame a leadoff walk to pinch-hitter Justin Smoak in the eighth.
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Adam Frazier got things started with a leadoff single in the first — the first of his three hits on the day.
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Adam Rosales hit a leadoff double to left, took third base on Jemile Weeks' sacrifice and scored on Jankowski's bunt single.
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Manny Machado recorded Baltimore's first hit with a leadoff double in the fourth, and he scored on a double by Schoop.
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INF/OF Jefry Marte started at 3B in place of Escobar Friday, and 2B Johnny Giavotella batted in Escobar's leadoff spot.
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Scooter Gennett drew a leadoff walk and Adam Duvall followed with a single, but Tucker Barnhart grounded into a double play.
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Joc Pederson hit a leadoff single past a right-side shift and tried to steal second on a 3-2 count.
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However, he has four homers, three doubles and two triples, and he gives the team a spark from the leadoff spot.
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After striking out Gonzalez for the inning's second out, Morton committed a balk with leadoff hitter Chris Heisey at the plate.
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OF Daniel Descalso went 22-for-4 batting leadoff for Arizona in a 5-1 victory over the Phillies on Saturday.
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Colorado's first three batters of the game reached base safely, including Charlie Blackmon, whose single drove in leadoff hitter Raimel Tapia.
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Trea Turner, the Nationals' leadoff hitter, had a loud out: his flyout was caught at the warning track by Michael Brantley.
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Knebel walked leadoff batter J.T. Realmuto in the ninth and almost gave up the lead on Derek Dietrich's double to left.
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Tim Locastro got the inning going against the third Giants pitcher, right-hander Sam Dyson (2-1), with a leadoff single.
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Biden does much better with black voters than Warren, but there are hardly any nonwhite voters in those two leadoff states.
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LF Brett Gardner gave the New York lineup a spark in several different ways from the leadoff spot on Friday night.
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Scherzer also scored the decisive run int he third, when he drew a leadoff walk and scored on Ben Revere's triple.
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Adam Lind hit a leadoff double, advanced to third on a Jayson Werth groundout and scored on Pedro Severino's RBI single.
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Leadoff hitter Ian Kinsler was hit in the helmet with a pitch but was still able to trot to first base.
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Bruce Maxwell had a leadoff walk and moved to second with one out when Faria walked Jaycob Brugman on four pitches.
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Story drew a leadoff walk and advanced to third on a single by Holliday to break up the no-hit bid.
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He breezed through the first two innings then ran into trouble in the third, allowing a leadoff walk to Aaron Hill.
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RF Steven Souza Jr. was moved to the leadoff spot and hit a home run on the game's second pitch Friday.
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Mahtook followed Niko Goodrum's leadoff single with his ninth long ball of the season to left off Jason Hammel (3-14).
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Detroit's Blaine Hardy, who got the final out of the top of the eighth, pitched around a ninth-inning leadoff double.
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The Blue Jays took a 2-0 lead in the first when Donaldson homered after a leadoff double by Jose Bautista.
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Gausman (27-23) left the game after allowing two leadoff hits in the eighth, one of which led to a run.
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Cobb gave up a leadoff single to Kevin Pillar to open the game, then didn't allow another hit until the sixth.
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Yasmani Grandal had two hits in the leadoff spot for Milwaukee, which had lost three of four and eight of 11.
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Albies went 3-for-5 and became only the fifth Atlanta leadoff hitter to homer in his first two at-bats.
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NOTES: Dodgers CF Joc Pederson was 2-for-4 and scored twice while batting leadoff for the first time this season.
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He got an assist on a leadoff groundout by Phillies rookie Adam Haseley that initially struck Jansen hard near his foot.
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RF George Springer clubbed his 237th homer of the season in the first inning Sunday, his third leadoff homer of 225.
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DeShields batted leadoff, Carlos Gomez dropped to third in the order and Choo hit ninth for the first time this season.
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The Angels led 213-210 as Skaggs started the eighth, leaving after 100 pitches and a leadoff double to Ryan Goins.
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Laureano recorded two of the hits against McHugh, including a leadoff double in the third, and he finished 23-for-4.
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The Twins closed to 6-4 in the fifth on a leadoff homer by Polanco and an RBI single by Cave.
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Snell (10-4) took a no-hitter into the seventh before Washington's Anthony Rendon broke it up with a leadoff double.
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Ben Zobrist hit a leadoff single to left field and scored on Rizzo's 410-foot, one-out blast to center field.
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Almora launched a leadoff double, took third on Kyle Schwarber's flyout and scored on Zobrist's single past a drawn-in infield.
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Grandal's game-winning shot came after Matt Kemp broke an 20-for-25 slide with a leadoff single in the 123th.
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McCullers was relatively unblemished otherwise, allowing only one additional hit — a leadoff single by third baseman Mike Moustakas in the sixth.
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Kris Bryant singled to left field to score Ian Happ, who had hit a leadoff single and advanced on a sacrifice.
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Spangenberg and leadoff hitter Manuel Margot combined to go 483-for-24 with four homers in the series at Dodger Stadium.
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Jay singled with one out in the fifth to bring in Jemile Weeks, who drew a leadoff walk and stole second.
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Grichuk's 17th homer this season followed Biggio's leadoff single in the sixth to give the Blue Jays a 3-1 lead.
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Red Sox RF Mookie Betts' streak of reaching base in the first inning ended at five games with a leadoff groundout.
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Alcantara worked around leadoff doubles in the first and third innings, but the Pirates finally got to him in the fourth.
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He has hit 70 homers in the leadoff spot in the order, breaking the franchise mark set by Dom DiMaggio (69).
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Piscotty reached on a leadoff single, and Pinder ripped a 2-2 pitch to deep center for a run-scoring double.
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Carpenter spearheads Cards' win over Royals KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Matt Carpenter is not the prototypical leadoff hitter with no stolen bases.
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The leadoff homer into the right-field seats on the first pitch from Yu Darvish was Gordon's first homer this season.
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In the sixth, the Angels took advantage of a leadoff walk by Mike Trout and an error by shortstop Marcus Semien.
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Rojas has three homers this season — the other came on July 4 — and all of them were first-inning, leadoff shots.
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Angels manager Mike Scioscia said despite Escobar's recent struggles, there are no plans to move him out of the leadoff spot.
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After allowing a leadoff double to Granderson, Kershaw retired the next 11 batters without a ball in play leaving the infield.
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Giolito allowed the leadoff man aboard in four of his seven innings, including a walk to Conforto to open the sixth.
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Since the start of 2015, Escobar has 38 first-inning leadoff hits, which ranks fourth among AL players during that span.
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The leadoff home run he surrendered to Eduardo Nunez snapped a streak of 181 batters Conley faced without allowing a homer.
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He moved Gardner to the leadoff spot and had Ellsbury hit behind him in the hope of sparking some offensive consistency.
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Seattle answered right back as Haniger hit a leadoff triple and Gamel laced a single off first baseman Yonder Alonso's glove.
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Ryon Healy lined a leadoff single and scored on a double by Plouffe, who extended his hitting streak to nine games.
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McGuire (23-22) got into trouble quickly as Eric Thames reached on a leadoff double and Neil Walker drew a walk.
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Jurickson Profar drew a leadoff walk before Canha powered a fastball to the opposite field over the right-center field wall.
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Five pitches later he struck Davis out on a nasty pitch that had the leadoff man flailing at a low pitch.
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Jake Cave opened the 10th inning with a leadoff double off Andriese (2-4), the ninth pitcher used by the Rays.
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Springer tied the franchise record with four blasts - three of the leadoff variety - in the first seven contests of the season.
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CF Curtis Granderson hit the 44th leadoff home run of his career, tying Ian Kinsler for the lead among active players.
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Springer, who is 4-for-7 with a homer against Berrios, has hit a franchise-record nine leadoff shots this season.
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David Fletcher went 3-for-3 for Los Angeles and was on base with a leadoff infield single when Trout homered.
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Descalso drew a leadoff walk from Padres starter Brett Kennedy and came around on singles by Ketel Marte and Jeff Mathis.
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Bettis surrendered a three-run homer to David Freese in the third after yielding a leadoff single and hitting a batter.
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Acuna was 3-for-23 with three RBIs and Atlanta improved to 6-1 since he moved into the leadoff position.
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Upton was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts, but he drew a leadoff walk and scored a run in the fourth.
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He was replaced by Joe Smith after a leadoff double by Khris Davis and received a large ovation from the crowd.
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Last fall, they used four leadoff hitters in six games while losing the National League Championship Series to the Chicago Cubs.
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" He added: "I thought his swing was short and quick, and I'd like to continue using him in that leadoff spot.
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Snell walked the leadoff batter in the second and fourth innings and both scored to stretch the lead to 4-0.
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Jesus Aguilar drew a leadoff walk, moved to third on back-to-back groundouts and came home on a wild pitch.
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I was never really a power first baseman, but I got on base and hit leadoff and was a contact guy.
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Conforto drove in another run an inning later with a sacrifice fly, and Hechavarría hit a leadoff homer in the seventh.
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Betts homered on the game's first pitch and reached for the 24th straight game by hitting his 33th career leadoff homer.
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Harold Ramirez hit a leadoff triple off the wall in center and scored on Magneuris Sierra's soft single over second base.
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After getting the leadoff hitter out, Covey walked three straight batters and then unleashed a wild pitch to tie the score.
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To me, as a similar leadoff-type hitter, 22,2500 singles is incredible because I understand how difficult that is to do.
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The Iowa caucus' role as leadoff hitter in the nation's serious business of nominating presidential candidates should have ended decades ago.
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In the third, Muncy struck again with a leadoff homer, his team-leading 83th, to right to make it 3-1.
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Arrieta worked around a leadoff walk and hit in the seventh, picking off Jose Reyes at first to end the threat.
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Conforto collected two R.B.I. on bases-loaded walks and had three walks total, igniting the Mets' offense from the leadoff spot.
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The next night, his struggles would have him out of his customary leadoff spot and instead hitting seventh in the lineup.
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He allowed a leadoff double and a bunt single that sandwiched an intentional walk to load the bases with no outs.
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Edman ripped a leadoff triple into the corner in right field, and he scored moments later on Bader's single to center.
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Ty Buttrey gave up a leadoff double to Chad Pinder in the eighth but retired the next three batters to escape.
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Archie Bradley pitched around a leadoff single by Manuel Margot in the ninth inning for his 23th save, his 14th straight.
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But Happ greeted reliever Giovanny Gallegos with a leadoff home run in the sixth inning to tie the game 1-1.
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Caleb Joseph tied the game with a pinch-hit single in the bottom of the inning, following an Ahmed leadoff triple.
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Hamilton drew a leadoff walk to start the game and stole second and third before scoring on a Joey Votto groundout.
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Yasmani Grandal had two hits in the leadoff spot for Milwaukee, which had lost three of four and eight of 203.
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The Tigers got that run back quickly, as Kinsler jumped on a first-pitch fastball for his fourth leadoff homer this season.
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He was lifted in favor of reliever Steve Cishek in the seventh after allowing a leadoff single to the Indians' Tyler Naquin.
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White clubber home runs in his final two plate appearances on Friday night before stroking a leadoff homer in the third inning.
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Josh Hader earned his 16th save in 17 chances by notching three consecutive strikeouts after issuing a leadoff walk in the ninth.
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INF Eric Sogard returned from the disabled list and went 0-for-5 in the leadoff position, dropping his average to .391.
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The Yankees climbed within 4-3 in the sixth thanks to Ellsbury's leadoff triple and Austin Romine's one-out fielder's choice grounder.
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The downpour picked up in the ninth, when both teams put the leadoff runner on but failed to score to force extras.
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SS Zack Cozart moved back to second in the batting order on Friday night after making 80 starts in the leadoff spot.
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RHP Dan Straily allowed a leadoff homer and two runs on two hits and walk in the first inning on Friday night.
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Rob Scahill (21-23) worked a quick seventh but got into trouble in the eighth, allowing a leadoff single to Brandon Belt.
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Arizona leadoff batter Rey Fuentes hit a grounder to first baseman Justin Bour, who flipped the ball to Volquez for the out.
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It got a little tighter in the top of the ninth, as Hamilton gave up a leadoff left-field single to Alou.
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But Harrison greeted him with a leadoff homer in the sixth on a 3-1 pitch to make the score 2-0.
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McCullers gave up a leadoff triple to Leonys Martin, who scored on Robinson Cano's RBI single for a 1-33 Seattle lead.
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Billy Burns grounded a leadoff single to center, went to third on Khris Davis' single and scored on Jed Lowrie's sacrifice fly.
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His two-run blast in the fifth inning — two batters after a leadoff triple by Byron Buxton — put Minnesota up 211-1.
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The Athletics extended their lead to 5-0 in the third, when Grossman hit a leadoff triple and scored on Chapman's single.
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His issues started in the first inning with a leadoff single by Adam Eaton and a one-out walk to Juan Soto.
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He is 16-for-39 in nine games as the leadoff hitter this season, including in each of the last eight contests.
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It was not exactly a stunning line, but he got Detroit's only hit of the game, a leadoff single in the third.
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Hellickson drew a leadoff walk, advanced to third on a double by Cesar Hernandez and scored on Aaron Altherr's single to left.
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It was the league-leading seventh leadoff homer allowed by the Phillies and the 13th in the first inning overall this season.
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Josh Hader pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his third save in three chances, working around a leadoff double by Curt Casali.
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Turner hit the eighth pitch of the game for his seventh career leadoff homer to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.
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Colome (3-1) worked around a leadoff walk to Jackie Bradley Jr. in the bottom of the ninth to finish the game.
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The rookie hadn't played much during the homestand, going 0-for-3 before finally getting a chance in the leadoff spot Tuesday.
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His leadoff walk and steal in the fifth that triggered a five-run Padres inning that erased a 2-1 Brewers lead.
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Donaldson's second two-run homer of the game followed Martin's leadoff single in the third, giving him 13 career multi-homer games.
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He struck out four, walked two and gave up leadoff home runs to Bryant in the sixth and Soler in the seventh.
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Altuve has hit six leadoff homers this season - tying the Astros' record set by Hall-of-Famer Craig Biggio in 2006. 2.
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"It looked like his strategy early on was walk the leadoff guy then get a double play," A's manager Bob Melvin said.
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Since moving into the leadoff spot Tuesday, Maybin is 8-for-21 and has reached base in nine of 2849 plate appearances.
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Kluber was removed from the game, leading 33-23, after giving up a leadoff single to Ben Zobrist in the seventh inning.
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Kyle Schwarber collected a leadoff double — his first hit since returning from Triple-A Iowa on Thursday — to open the Cubs' fifth.
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Rosales has batted leadoff just six times in his career, and now has two first-inning home runs to show for it.
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But the Nationals have a problem at leadoff, and if they're not careful it's going to be a detriment all season long.
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After Sardinas' leadoff walk, Hill retired the next 14 Padres before Adam Rosales drew a walk with two outs in the fifth.
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He gave up a leadoff single followed by consecutive walks to load the bases to summon a bullpen that blew the lead.
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After Granderson drew a four-pitch leadoff walk, Bruce pulled the next pitch 396 feet to the upper deck in right field.
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In the eighth, Barnes allowed a leadoff walk to Roberto Perez and a double to Santana before being replaced by Joe Smith.
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Kipnis was replaced by INF Erik Gonzalez at second base and by CF Bradley Zimmer in the leadoff spot of the order.
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OF Ezequiel Carrera played left field on Friday and was in the leadoff spot in the batting order in place of Saunders.
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LF Andrew Toles moved into the leadoff spot on Saturday, a move contemplated by manager Dave Roberts for a couple of days.
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Garcia's shot came with two outs and after Royals starter Nate Karns got back-to-back groundouts following Melky Cabrera's leadoff single.
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Choo had two hits for the Rangers, including a leadoff homer in the first that cut the Cardinals' lead to 2-1.
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He was making just his third relief appearance, and trouble found Peralta early as he allowed a leadoff double to Chris Owings.
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Blackmon has recorded a franchise-record 75 RBIs from the leadoff spot, eclipsing the mark set in 1996 by Eric Young. 2.
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Angels left-handed reliever Jose Alvarez entered the game to start the 221th and gave up a leadoff single to Ketel Marte.
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Reyes Moronta (1-2) worked around a leadoff walk and a wild pitch to strike out three batters in the 10th inning.
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Utley has hit in the leadoff position 80 times this season after doing so on only 11 occasions with the Phillies. 2.
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Toronto reliever Aaron Loup allowed a leadoff double in the ninth to Tim Anderson, who was sacrificed to third by Omar Narvaez.
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Pollock pulled a leadoff double to left-center, advanced to third on Seager's groundout and scored when Yamamoto bounced a wild pitch.
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On Sunday, he joined Hanley Ramirez in 2006 as the only players in Marlins history to hit leadoff homers in consecutive games.
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Rojas hit a leadoff homer for the second straight game, getting an 84-mph slider and pulling it 404 feet to left.
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Rojas has three homers this season — the other one came on July 4 — and all of them were first-inning, leadoff shots.
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Leadoff batter Jeff McNeil was hit by a pitch by Chris Archer (3-8) before Michael Conforto hit a two-run homer.
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His only blemish was a leadoff double in the eighth inning by Smith, who eventually scored on a groundout by Joc Pederson.
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The leadoff hitter Jonathan Villar scored three runs and drove in another, and Brewers won for the fifth time in six games.
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Chaz Roe worked around a leadoff single and a walk in the ninth to convert his second career save in 209 games.
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Rojas hit a leadoff homer for the second straight game, getting an 84 mph slider and pulling it 404 feet to left.
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Blue Jays reliever Jake Petricka pitched around a single in the eighth, and Justin Shafer overcame a leadoff walk in the ninth.
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Kevin Pillar had three singles and made two nice catches in center after being dropped from leadoff to eighth in the lineup.
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Cedric Hunter hit a leadoff homer in the fourth and Ryan Howard had a two-run shot in the fifth for Philadelphia.
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NOTES: White Sox CF Adam Eaton returned to the leadoff spot after exiting Sunday's game against Seattle with a bruised right forearm.
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Brad Hand worked around a leadoff single by Travis d'Arnaud to retire the side in the ninth inning for his 13th save.
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Athletics leadoff hitter Coco Crisp is just 22-for-223 over his last five games and his average has dipped to .211.
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Curtis Granderson led off the game with a home run on the first pitch by Kazmir, his 37th career leadoff home run.
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"I didn't know what he said," said Pirela, who was on second with a leadoff double in the bottom of the first.
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He becomes the first leadoff hitter with a first inning grand slam since Danny Tartabull on April 15, 1986 against the Mariners.
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Matt Joyce hit a leadoff double, moved to third on Lowrie's single and scored when Khris Davis grounded into a double play.
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Martinez then gave Boston a 5-4 lead with a towering leadoff homer in the fifth over the Green Monster in left.
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Left-hander Aaron Loup allowed a leadoff single to Jake Bauers in the bottom of the eighth and was replaced by Tepera.
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Aroldis Chapman worked around a leadoff walk and struck out two in the ninth to convert his 34th save in 39 chances.
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Following the trade of Eduardo Nunez on Thursday, Friday marked the first time Dozier hit in the leadoff spot since May 22.
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Boog Powell hit a leadoff double off Fernando Salas, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Joyce's sacrifice fly.
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Richards got in trouble in the second when Trumbo hit a leadoff single and Jonathan Schoop doubled down the third-base line.
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Mark Canha started the Oakland comeback against White Sox starter Carson Fulmer with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the second.
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The right-hander got out of trouble in the third when he retired three straight after allowing a pair of leadoff singles.
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It was the 37th leadoff home run of his career, tying him with Ichiro Suzuki for the second most among active players.
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He double-switched him into the leadoff spot and took out Carlos Santana, who was starting his first game in left field.
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Kennedy (2-0) started with five hitless innings and retired 14 straight before Carlos Gomez's leadoff single to center in the sixth.
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