base runner

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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

Verlander didn’t allow another base runner until Rojas got him in the ninth.

From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023

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

Northeast Seattle had another prime scoring opportunity in the eighth, thanks in part to Little League’s extra-inning base runner rule.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023

In the case of a "balk," every occupant of a base, as a base runner, becomes entitled to one base, whether forced by the batsman or not.

From Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1889 by Chadwick, Henry