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
The right-hander pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing just one base runner on a walk and striking out three.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 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
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
