full count

noun

baseball
: a situation in which the count to the batter is two strikes and three balls

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Weis then went to Robert Suarez, who worked Pages to a full count before allowing the single on a 100 mph fastball. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Shohei Ohtani was the last batter Kerr faced, and with two runners on and one out, Ohtani popped up a high cutter in a full count. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 José Ramírez worked a full count before walking to load the bases for Chase DeLauter. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026 Sogard followed with another single, and Jarren Duran battled Bassitt to a full count, frustrated with a check swing call, before drawing a walk to load the bases. — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for full count

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“Full count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20count. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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