base runner
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Abrams dropped in a soft single to right for the Nats first base runner to start the fourth inning.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 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
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
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
“Bill” Dahlen of the Brooklyn club shouts, “Watch his foot,” and the base runner starts while the batter smashes the ball on a hit and run play.
From Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside by Mathewson, Christy
