Definition of comebacker
: a grounder in baseball hit directly to the pitcher
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Villarreal stranded a runner in the fourth and coaxed a comebacker to the mound to leave a runner in scoring position in the fifth.
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After putting runners at first and third to open the second, Bundy fielded a comebacker off the bat of Russell Martin and threw to third, catching Pearce off the bag for an out.
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Urena gave up a leadoff double to Rafael Devers in the fifth, then made a good play on a comebacker to get him at third.
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On the ensuing play, Beau Jordan hit a comebacker to the mound, which set up again for an easy out, only for Texas to make another mistake.
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Hernandez was hit in the right arm or elbow with a comebacker off the bat of Cubs catcher Victor Caratini in the second inning.
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The first day of workouts was filled with the usual array of pitchers’ fielding practice — covering first base, fielding comebackers, bunt defense and situational infield defense — that used to be the foundation of a Showalter team.
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This makes Cooks lethal on deep curl routes and comebackers.
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But after right-handed reliever Alex Wilson took a line-drive comebacker that broke his leg, the game went awry.
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First Known Use of comebacker
1954
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