1.   Any pitcher who throws to first more than three times while attempting to hold a runner on base will be shot.

2.   But he was hampered by wildness and an inability to hold runners on base.

3.   Choate threw to first once, driving Kennedy back to the base, but word is out that Choate has trouble holding runners.

4.   Does he hold runners on base?

5.   He did a better job of holding runners, he pitched inside and he established his breaking ball.

6.   Guzman took a lead against Nelson, who is not adept at holding runners.

7.   He has some trouble holding runners now because he has a big leg kick in the stretch.

8.   Holding runners, bunt defenses from the other side of the diamond, getting used to the guys around me.

9.   His greatest concentration, however, has been in trying to hold runners on base better by using a speedier delivery to the plate.

10.   Hundley has a good arm, but the primary reason for the improvement is that the pitchers have paid greater attention to holding runners.