base runner

Example Sentences

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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

It appeared Gilbert had erased the base runner in similar fashion to the second and fifth inning when Pasquantino hit a ground ball to second baseman Josh Rojas.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024

Seattle didn’t have another base runner until the ninth.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 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

But put a hard hitter who is a slow base runner on the club, and he does little good.

From Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside by Mathewson, Christy