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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The Cowgirls went ahead 1-0 in the top of the third inning after a 4-pitch walk drawn by 9-hole hitter Megan Bloodworth gave them a base runner.
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Ethan Westerman, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2025
Those 32 base runners in New York were converted into just seven runs.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Colorado whiffed 14 times, hit 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position and left 13 base runners stranded.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
Then there was the game, in which no Reds base runner advanced to third and the team was shut out for the sixth time this season.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 12 May 2025
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Ethan Westerman, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2025
Those 32 base runners in New York were converted into just seven runs.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Colorado whiffed 14 times, hit 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position and left 13 base runners stranded.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
Then there was the game, in which no Reds base runner advanced to third and the team was shut out for the sixth time this season.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 12 May 2025
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 30 May. 2025.
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