base runner
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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
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
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
Why not put a stop to these injuries and these disputes by giving the base runner the same privileges in overrunning second, third and home bases that he now has in overrunning first base?
From Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1889 by Henry Chadwick
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