pinch-runner
Example Sentences
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Julio Rodriguez reached on an infield single and pinch runner Tanner Kirwer later came around to score on a wild pitch.
From Seattle Times
The Phillies became the last National League team to integrate in 1957, when 30-year-old John Kennedy came into the game as a pinch runner.
From Washington Post
Pinch runner José Azocar took third and then home on the second and third of Domínguez’s wild pitches.
From Washington Post
Seattle was considering the possibility of putting outfielder Cade Marlowe, who has never played above the Class AA level, on the roster as a pinch runner and defensive replacement and only carry 11 pitchers.
From Seattle Times
He got another big ovation when he batted in the eighth and was showered with more cheers from the crowd of 30,029 when he trotted toward the dugout after being lifted for a pinch runner following a walk.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
