base runner
Example Sentences
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Making his second start of the spring, Luis Castillo cruised through the first two innings, allowing one base runner on a walk and striking out three hitters.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024
Verlander didn’t allow another base runner until Rojas got him in the ninth.
From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023
Seattle didn’t have another base runner until the ninth.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023
He struck out the side in the first on 13 pitches, whiffed seven of the first nine overall and didn’t allow a base runner until Zack Gelof’s one-out single in the fourth.
From Washington Times • Aug. 20, 2023
Any soft-brained heavy-weight can occasionally hit a ball for a home run, but it requires a shrewd, intelligent player, with his wits about him, to make a successful base runner.
From Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1895 by Chadwick, Henry
