base runner
noun
: a baseball player of the team at bat who is on base or is attempting to reach a base
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Not allowing a base runner over four innings, Snell threw 46 pitches — plus 15 more in a side session afterward — and struck out seven and while recording an immaculate first inning (three strikeouts on nine pitches).
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Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
The Dodgers did not produce a base runner until the fifth inning.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
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Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
The Dodgers did not produce a base runner until the fifth inning.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for base runner
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“Base runner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20runner. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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