full count
noun
baseball
: a situation in which the count to the batter is two strikes and three balls
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Left fielder Gavin Sheets also worked a full count before grounding out to second.
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Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Their first showdown in the top of the first was competitive, with Judge working a full count before Crochet blew him away with a fastball.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 14 June 2025
Perez worked a full count, then walked to first base on ball four.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2025
Against a ground-ball pitcher in Hill, Conforto took a different approach, working a full count while waiting for something up and over the plate.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
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Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Their first showdown in the top of the first was competitive, with Judge working a full count before Crochet blew him away with a fastball.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 14 June 2025
Perez worked a full count, then walked to first base on ball four.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2025
Against a ground-ball pitcher in Hill, Conforto took a different approach, working a full count while waiting for something up and over the plate.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
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“Full count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20count. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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