Sentence:  Jim Gentile bounced a hard shot off Kunkel 's glove and <WSD>beat</WSD> it out for a single , and when Lumpe grabbed the ball and threw it over first baseman Throneberry 's head Brandt took third and Gentile second on the error . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  come out better in a competition, race, or conflict