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third base

noun as in the third step in the baseball diamond

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Smith sent a chopper to shortstop Anthony Volpe in the next at-bat, then watched as Volpe spiked a throw to third base.

But the Yankees shortstop spiked a throw to third base in an attempt to force the lead runner, an error that loaded the bases with no outs.

In the eighth inning, the Yankees stole three bases off Honeywell — one of them a steal of third base with a left-handed batter at the plate.

In the 10th, Treinen gave up a run when Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled, stole second base, stole third base and scored on a force play.

He went hitless in five at-bats in Game 5 Friday, stranding runners at second and third base in the first inning and leaving the bases loaded in the fourth.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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