second base
noun
1
: the base that must be touched second by a base runner in baseball
2
: the player position for defending the area on the first-base side of second base
second baseman
noun
Examples of second base in a Sentence
He slid into second base.
He used to play second base for the Red Sox.
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Rocchio was on second base and seemed to steal the Royals’ signs.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
The ball went over Jonah Heim’s glove, caromed off the backstop and Heim was able to recover the ball and fire it to second base to try to get the runner stealing second base.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
The Highlanders’ Miles Scott followed with a smash between first and second base.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
And that was enough to put the ball just out of reach, allowing Jesús Sánchez to jog to second base for a double.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
The ball went over Jonah Heim’s glove, caromed off the backstop and Heim was able to recover the ball and fire it to second base to try to get the runner stealing second base.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
The Highlanders’ Miles Scott followed with a smash between first and second base.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
And that was enough to put the ball just out of reach, allowing Jesús Sánchez to jog to second base for a double.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Second base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20base. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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