wild pitch
noun
: a baseball pitch not hit by the batter that cannot be caught or controlled by the catcher with ordinary effort and that enables a base runner to advance compare passed ball
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Iván Herrera walked with two outs in the fifth and advanced on a wild pitch before scoring on Burleson's double.
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ABC News, 15 June 2026
Two of the three came on wild pitches.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
Waddell also added an RBI single as well to make it 8-0 and a wild pitch allowed Hawkins to push the lead to 9-0.
—Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
That run was charged to reliever Erik Miller, who yielded a single, two walks and a run-scoring wild pitch in facing three batters.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
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ABC News, 15 June 2026
Two of the three came on wild pitches.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
Waddell also added an RBI single as well to make it 8-0 and a wild pitch allowed Hawkins to push the lead to 9-0.
—Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
That run was charged to reliever Erik Miller, who yielded a single, two walks and a run-scoring wild pitch in facing three batters.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
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“Wild pitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20pitch. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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