“That’s right!” Robinson muttered, smiling sickly.
Again Frank sought to impart some of his energy to his players as they came up to hit. Hodge started well with a hit, but Browning flied to the infield. Gamp fouled out, and Bart remained on first.
“They can’t hit him safely!” said Hodge to Frank, who was coaching near first.
“Of course not!” laughed Hayward, the baseman. “You’ve obtained more hits off him now than you ought to have.”
“Why, we haven’t begun to hit him!” said Merry. “Wait till our streak comes.”
“You need it pretty soon, for the game is getting along.”
“Lots of time. It’s not quite half-over.”
Nesbitt was well satisfied when he finally retired the Merries without a man reaching second.
“Great pitching!” cried his admirers.
Again Merry went into the box and pitched steadily, although two clean hits were made off him. He was able to prevent anybody from scoring by his clever work.