at the plate

phrase

baseball

: at home plate

The runner was tagged out at the plate.

Examples of at the plate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bryce Rainer got off to a slow start at the plate this season coming off of shoulder surgery but found his power stroke mid-year. — Keith Law, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami hit his 31st homer in the eighth to cut it to 4-2, but struck out in his first two times at the plate, running his streak of strikeouts to eight straight plate appearances. — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

That’s no longer likely for the Braves’ veteran first baseman, who has had a mighty tough go of it at the plate in recent weeks. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 8 Sep. 2026

McCarthy allowed the ball to bounce off his glove, then kicked it and was charged with a throwing error when the ball bounced past Goodman at the plate. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for at the plate

• abdicate
• abrogate
• acetate
• activate
• actuate
• aggravate
• agitate
• alginate
• alienate
• allocate
• amputate
• angulate