“Luck, I guess,” said Dan dryly.
“Then it’s mighty good luck, that’s all I can say,” laughed Walter.
“The game is young yet,” Dan remarked quietly.
“So it is, but that doesn’t change the fact that in the first two innings the Bensons haven’t got but one man as far as first or that you have struck out five of the six who have faced you.”
It was plain that Dan did not desire to talk and Walter too was soon silent, watching the batters. The first man up received his base on balls, the second batter made a hit and in the throw-in the runner gained third, while the batter, by a burst of speed, succeeded in reaching second amid great applause.
“Get up, Dan. Tell them to try a double steal!” suggested Walter eagerly.
“What’s that?”
“They can work a squeeze play if they want to.”
“A double steal?”
“No; a squeeze play.”