Hamilton stroked a liner to the gap off the hard-throwing Rodriguez.

Jones, a second-year player with 109 major league hits, stroked a double to right center off a 1-1 slider.

She looked into his eyes and stroked one of his tears off his face with her finger.

Mattingly stroked a 350-foot single on a line off the wall in right-center and a double to the same spot.

"Half past one," she told him, stroking his hair off his forehead.

The big pendulum behind her stroked more seconds off their lives.

Then she came back to him, knelt beside him, and stroked the hair off his face.

Vic stroked the ropes of wet hair off her face.

He smiled at me and stroked the hair off my forehead.

I stroked the heavy damp hair off his brow.