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Despite filling up the zone with a flurry of fastballs in hittable locations, the Dodgers’ bats remained silent, recording 17 consecutive outs after an RBI single from Will Smith in the first.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
“But the fastball before was hittable, so it would have been good if I had hit that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
It’s also left him late on hittable pitches, which he fouls off or swings through.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024
The pitch to Lee purposely was more hittable than it normally might have been.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2024
“He seems to be rather hittable to-day,” observed Locke.
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Burt L. Standish
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