1.   But without his hitting machine functioning, every hope he expressed sounded desperate.

2.   He was a hitting machine.

3.   He was the perfect blend of an acceptable showman and awesome hitting machine.

4.   In his last four games, Reggie Jefferson has evolved into a hitting machine for the Red Sox.

5.   Outfielder Kevin Mench has also been a hitting machine.

6.   Spirlea was like a hitting machine and almost everything Seles tried seemed to come back across the net.

7.   Spirlea was like a hitting machine Tuesday, and almost everything Seles tried seemed to come back across the net.