base runner
Example Sentences
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Given the early run support, Miller cruised through the first four innings, allowing just one base runner on a one-out walk to Kyle Tucker in the first inning.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024
Verlander didn’t allow another base runner until Rojas got him in the ninth.
From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 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
That sort of plate discipline has been maddeningly rare on the Mariners this year; for an offensively challenged team that needs every base runner it can get, it’s a godsend.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2023
Presence of mind, prompt action on the spur of the moment; quickness of perception, and coolness and nerve are among the requisites of a successful base runner.
From Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1895 by Chadwick, Henry
