base runner
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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 first start of the spring, Logan Gilbert tossed two scoreless innings, issuing a walk to Bobby Witt Jr. for his only base runner and striking out three batters.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 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
A coacher’s hand upraised will stop a base runner as abruptly as the uplifted white glove of a traffic policeman halts a row of automobiles.
From Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside by Mathewson, Christy
