wild pitch
Example Sentences
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A wild pitch from McLean left Venezuela with runners on second and third base and on the next pitch Kansas City Royals slugger Maikel Garcia's sacrifice fly allowed Perez to score.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
George Springer led off with a base hit, was bunted over to second base and advanced to third on a wild pitch.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025
One inning after that, Yamamoto went bust, walking Judge, giving up a two-run homer by Ben Rice, then yielding two singles to set up a run-scoring wild pitch.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025
Later in the inning, the Yankees scored again after Yamamoto gave up two singles and spiked a splitter for a run-scoring wild pitch.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2025
He had known that the reappearance of the Gray Seal would arouse the community to a wild pitch of excitement, but he had far underestimated the effect.
From The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
