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Adapting to the slowness of the pitch, he played none of his trademark dabs to third man, instead pouncing to whip through the leg side any time England dropped short.

The fifth-grader batted it over to his father, who pounced on it, stood up and handed it back to his son.

He got a married woman with two children to “escort” him to his room and then pounced.

"All of a sudden there was a horrendous growl and this dog came running and pounced on Alfred," Ms Gunston said.

Then, in what Betts called a “crazy” top of the fifth, the boys in blue pounced on errors and gaffes, scoring five runs and wiping out the Yankees’ 5-0 lead.