Definition of comebacker
: a grounder in baseball hit directly to the pitcher
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Heimlich started one, fielding a comebacker in the first with the bases loaded and nobody out, and throwing to catcher Adley Rutschman for the force at home.
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Freeland clipped Chris Taylor with a fastball to put another runner on base but retired Austin Barnes on a comebacker to end the inning.
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The San Francisco Giants ace broke the little finger on his pitching hand when fielding a comebacker in spring training.
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Stephens pitched himself out of runners at the corners in the second, inducing a comebacker to end the second unscathed.
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An infield single came after, but Beer induced a comebacker to end the threat.
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For the second night in a row, a Royals starting pitcher deflected a comebacker off a body part.
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After a strikeout, Ryan Goins hit a comebacker off Greene’s glove which second baseman Dixon Machado was unable to make a play on, putting runners at the corners.
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Porras induced a line-drive comebacker, a fielder's choice at the plate and a fly-out to left field to get out of the inning unscathed.
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First Known Use of comebacker
1954
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