home plate
noun
: a 5-sided rubber slab at one corner of a baseball diamond at which a batter stands when batting and which must be touched by a base runner in order to score
Examples of home plate in a Sentence
The runner was tagged out at home plate.
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But the Angels challenged the safe call at home plate and it was overturned following a replay review.
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Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Phillies outfielder Adolis García left in the seventh after making consecutive throws to home plate on sacrifice flies.
—CBS News, 11 June 2026
Between his ability to consistently corral pitches in the dirt, smoothly field bunts and choppers near home plate and keep runners in check on the base paths, he's shown enough defensive prowess to rightfully be viewed as the team’s catcher of the future.
—Tyler Carmona
june 9, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
Taylor has brought to mind Eric Owens, who added zip to the 1999 Padres as a left fielder and small-ball catalyst who famously stole home plate, burning another surprised Reds team.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
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Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Phillies outfielder Adolis García left in the seventh after making consecutive throws to home plate on sacrifice flies.
—CBS News, 11 June 2026
Between his ability to consistently corral pitches in the dirt, smoothly field bunts and choppers near home plate and keep runners in check on the base paths, he's shown enough defensive prowess to rightfully be viewed as the team’s catcher of the future.
—Tyler Carmona
june 9, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
Taylor has brought to mind Eric Owens, who added zip to the 1999 Padres as a left fielder and small-ball catalyst who famously stole home plate, burning another surprised Reds team.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for home plate
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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