pitchout

Example Sentences

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Fleming took the ball on a pitchout and was running to his right.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2021

He took one shot to the head from linebacker Eli Harold late in the game after a pitchout on an option play, but quickly got to his feet. 

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2016

A pitchout, a lateral, the worst thing that can happen to a golfer; a ball that goes off the heel of the club face and squirts directly at the gallery.

From Golf Digest • May 6, 2016

Terrance Gore may be the fastest runner in baseball, a pint-size blur whose legs have not met their match in any catcher’s arm, pitcher’s quick move or manager’s shrewd call for a pitchout.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2015

My second touchdown was a fifty-two-yarder on a pitchout from Brill.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli