pickoff
Example Sentences
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Adding to his three-week skid, during which Klein’s been fighting bad mechanics, he gave up three hits, made an errant pickoff attempt, issued a walk and hit Willson Contreras in the helmet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Allen was sacked eight times, his most in any games, for 70 lost yards and Bullock's final pickoff killed the Bills' last desperate drive with 18 seconds remaining.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Mookie Betts had the first RBI, Tommy Edman knocked in Will Smith with the go-ahead run in the sixth, a hustling Freddie Freeman scored on a wild pickoff attempt, and on and on..
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
Peterson cost himself with an errant pickoff attempt prior to Ohtani’s run-scoring single.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024
Hancock moved them to second with a throwing error on an ill-advised pickoff attempt at second base.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
