base runner

Example Sentences

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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

Northeast Seattle had another prime scoring opportunity in the eighth, thanks in part to Little League’s extra-inning base runner rule.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 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

I have always held that a good actor with a knowledge of baseball would make a good coacher, because it is the acting that impresses a base runner, not the talking.

From Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside by Mathewson, Christy