base runner
Example Sentences
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Trent Thornton, Gabe Speier and Muñoz each worked scoreless innings, allowing only one base runner.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024
Hudson allowed a base runner in every inning he stepped on the mound.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2024
Making his second start of the spring, Luis Castillo cruised through the first two innings, allowing one base runner on a walk and striking out three hitters.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024
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
A coacher’s hand upraised will stop a base runner as abruptly as the uplifted white glove of a traffic policeman halts a row of automobiles.
From Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside by Mathewson, Christy
