free base
Example Sentences
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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
“The leadoff walk hurts there, giving them a free base runner to start the inning‚” said Finnegan, adding that he didn’t have a feel for his slider or splitter.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2021
"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
In many cases the hydrolysis of a salt is only partial, resulting in the formation of basic salts instead of the free base.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
