at the plate

idiom

baseball
: at home plate
The runner was tagged out at the plate.

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Suárez, who was traded from Seattle to Arizona in 2023, is a free agent after this season and would be an upgrade over Ben Williamson, who has been below league average at the plate with an 81 OPS+. Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025 Each manager selected three batters to alternate turns at the plate. Kansas City Star, 16 July 2025 That’s firmly in homer territory for the big boppers who were at the plate. Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 15 July 2025 Nick Loftin drove a 1-2 slider from Manaea to left field and the throw home didn’t come with enough time to get Tolbert at the plate. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for at the plate

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“At the plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20plate. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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