free base

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In the first inning, Betts walked on four pitches, Freddie Freeman took a free base from a full count and Teoscar Hernández watched four more balls miss the strike zone to load the bases.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2024

After hitting a batter in the fourth — his sixth free base allowed — Adon allowed an RBI single to Tomas Nido to end his day at just 3 2/3 innings.

From Washington Times • May 12, 2022

"Any time you have a two-out walk and you give them a free base, for whatever reason it comes back to hurt you," Woodruff said.

From Fox News • Jul. 26, 2021

The free base didn’t come back to bite Zych or the Mariners.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2017

The free base appears also to act upon cellulose, for, upon placing a few drops of the melted substance upon filter paper, a considerable amount of heat is evolved.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various