| batter be | 8.29 | Batter will be thin. | ||
| batter reach | 4.34 | The other batter reached base on a walk. | ||
| batter hit | 2.44 | No batter could hit him. | ||
| batter have | 1.45 | Batters have to run the bases. | ||
| batter look | 1.12 | Batter should look wet. | ||
| batter go | 0.86 | The first two batters went quietly. | ||
| batter ground | 0.66 | The next batter grounded out. | ||
| batter swing | 0.66 | The batter swung and missed. | ||
| batter get | 0.53 | And batters got no relief once Dotel exited the game. | ||
| batter strike_out | 0.46 | Eleven batters strike out. | ||
| batter take | 0.46 | A batter can take those pitches for balls and still get on base. | ||
| batter come | 0.33 | Twelve batters came to the plate in the big inning Wednesday. | ||
| batter do | 0.33 | But the right-handed batters did some damage against Leiter Thursday night. | ||
| batter keep | 0.33 | His pitches usually are down and batters keep hitting grounders. | ||
| batter need | 0.33 | A batter needs no help in building a hitting streak. | ||
| batter see | 0.33 | It provides a plain, dark background so the batter can better see the pitch. | ||
| batter try | 0.33 | As much as batters try not to think about it, they worry about getting hit. | ||
| batter face | 0.26 | Nine batters faced starter Clemens in three innings and it was nine up, nine down. | ||
| batter make | 0.26 | Another hit batter would make Manager Davey Johnson more uncomfortable than he already was. | ||
| batter use | 0.26 | Batters are using videotape and weight training more than ever before. |