1. As the strike zone became wider, in practice, hitters could barely reach some of the strikes that were being called on them. 2. Foot speed is measured by stopwatch from when a pitch crosses home plate to when the hitter reaches first base. 3. In both innings, the Dodgers leadoff hitter reached first on a base hit. 4. Only a few hitters could reach that catwalk. 5. Raul Mondesi followed with a triple and after Henry Rodriguez struck out, four consecutive left-handed hitters reached base against lefty reliever Chuck McElroy. 6. The first five Yankee hitters reached base. 7. The first six Anaheim hitters reached base safely. 8. The first eight Dodgers hitters reached base on six singles, a hit batter and a walk. 9. The leadoff hitter reached twice, in the fifth and ninth innings, but never got past second base. 10. The leadoff hitter reached base against Jones in five of the six innings he started. |