base runner
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Given the early run support, Miller cruised through the first four innings, allowing just one base runner on a one-out walk to Kyle Tucker in the first inning.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024
Abrams dropped in a soft single to right for the Nats first base runner to start the fourth inning.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024
Ty France started off the inning by wearing a fastball from lefty Jose Suarez off the elbow for a leadoff base runner.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023
He struck out the side in the first on 13 pitches, whiffed seven of the first nine overall and didn’t allow a base runner until Zack Gelof’s one-out single in the fourth.
From Washington Times • Aug. 20, 2023
In all cases the base runner must run off the line of the bases to avoid interfering with a fielder standing on the line of the bases to field a batted ball.
From Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1889 by Chadwick, Henry
