pitchout

Example Sentences

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Already gone are the perfunctory balls thrown in an intentional walk, which means that one of baseball’s great, rare delights — seeing a batter lean over and hit a lazy pitchout — has disappeared forever.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022

Martin testified that Munson was the best catcher in baseball, better even than Johnny Bench, and so smart that he was the only catcher he had ever allowed to signal for a pitchout.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2018

A pitchout, a lateral, the worst thing that can happen to a golfer; a ball that goes off the heel of the club face and squirts directly at the gallery.

From Golf Digest • May 6, 2016

An A's catcher, Derek Norris, dropped a pitchout.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2014

My second touchdown was a fifty-two-yarder on a pitchout from Brill.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli