Sentence:  Jim Gentile bounced a hard shot off Kunkel 's glove and beat it out for a single , and when Lumpe grabbed the <WSD>ball</WSD> 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:  round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games