base runner
Example Sentences
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In 13 of his 17 outings, he’s allowed at least one base runner via hit or walk.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
The right-hander pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing just one base runner on a walk and striking out three.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024
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
It was the third time in franchise history the Brewers allowed only one base runner in a single game.
From Washington Times • Aug. 8, 2023
It is giving “phoney” advice to a base runner by the fielders of the other side that may lead him, in the excitement of the moment, to make a foolish play.
From Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside by Mathewson, Christy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
