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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Ryan wasn’t rewarded for his accuracy by home plate umpire Nate Tomlinson, who called it a ball.
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Dan Hayes, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Within seconds, the Mathis coach runs to home plate, grabs the Taft player and takes her to the ground, video shows.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2025
Chisholm was ejected from the Yankees’ Thursday win over the Rays for emphatically arguing balls and strikes after home plate umpire John Bacon struck him out on a low, outside, 3-2 pitch in the seventh inning.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
Cubs players spotted the drone and alerted manager Craig Counsell, who informed home plate umpire Adrian Johnson.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
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Dan Hayes, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Within seconds, the Mathis coach runs to home plate, grabs the Taft player and takes her to the ground, video shows.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2025
Chisholm was ejected from the Yankees’ Thursday win over the Rays for emphatically arguing balls and strikes after home plate umpire John Bacon struck him out on a low, outside, 3-2 pitch in the seventh inning.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
Cubs players spotted the drone and alerted manager Craig Counsell, who informed home plate umpire Adrian Johnson.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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