comebacker
noun
come·back·er
ˈkəm-ˌba-kər 
plural comebackers
1
baseball
: a ground ball hit directly to the pitcher
… Cormier had retired Mo Vaughn … on a weak comebacker to the mound to end the seventh.—
Gordon Edes
Gordon Edes2
golf
: a putt back to the hole after a preceding putt has rolled past it
After pitching to within 20 feet of the pin, Junior runs his first putt four feet past and then misses the comebacker.—Jaime Diaz
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Cease stayed in to face Jurickson Profar and got him out on a comebacker.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
His first batter reached on a comebacker to the mound before Whitlock struck out the next batter on a slider.
—Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
In the top of the third inning, pitcher Bobby Miller was struck in the head by a 106-mph comebacker off the bat of Busch.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Victor Caratini hit a soft comebacker to Holmes, who easily made the putout at first base for the third out.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
His first batter reached on a comebacker to the mound before Whitlock struck out the next batter on a slider.
—Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
In the top of the third inning, pitcher Bobby Miller was struck in the head by a 106-mph comebacker off the bat of Busch.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Victor Caratini hit a soft comebacker to Holmes, who easily made the putout at first base for the third out.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Comebacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comebacker. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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