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Senior starting pitcher Carson Roden struggled a little with two hit-batsmen, three hits and a walk in the first inning, and the defense behind her had two errors.—Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026 Caetano scored on a wild pitch and after back-to-back hit by pitches on DeJesus and Pereira, Durand scoring on another wild pitch, and DeKippe bringing home a run as the third hit batsmen of the inning.—Zach McMahon, Boston Herald, 20 May 2026 Teng navigated a walk and a hit batsman, as well, and ended the third at 51 pitches.—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2026 The firm flagged unusual betting action on the first pitch thrown by Ortiz in the bottom of the second inning to be a ball or hit batsman.—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for batsman