foul tip
noun
: a pitched ball in baseball that is slightly deflected by the bat
specifically
: a tipped pitch legally caught by the catcher and counting as a full strike with the ball remaining in play
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Lowe’s foul tip landed right in the mitt of catcher Patrick Bailey.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2025
The 2024 Gold Glove winner is also squatting, handling the run game, taking painful foul tips off all parts of his body, putting his 6-foot-2, 235-pound frame through the ringer four or five nights a week.
—David Brandt, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
The backstop got banged up over the weekend, taking foul tips to the body and to the mask while behind the plate, and fouled a pitch off of his foot on Sunday.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
And when Bello struck out Ryan McMahon on a foul tip to complete the contest moments later, the Fenway faithful roared triumphantly along with him.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2025
The 2024 Gold Glove winner is also squatting, handling the run game, taking painful foul tips off all parts of his body, putting his 6-foot-2, 235-pound frame through the ringer four or five nights a week.
—David Brandt, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
The backstop got banged up over the weekend, taking foul tips to the body and to the mask while behind the plate, and fouled a pitch off of his foot on Sunday.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
And when Bello struck out Ryan McMahon on a foul tip to complete the contest moments later, the Fenway faithful roared triumphantly along with him.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025
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“Foul tip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foul%20tip. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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