Sentence:  Jim Gentile bounced a hard <WSD>shot</WSD> off Kunkel 's glove and beat 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:  (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand