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
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
The words "any motion calculated to deceive a base runner," refer to pretended movements to deliver outside of those referred to in the first portion of the rule.
From Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1889 by Chadwick, Henry
