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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Shildt was upset over home plate umpire Adrian Johnson’s decision to eject Fernando Tatis Jr. in the eighth inning following the slugger’s strikeout.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
The Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman, left, slides into home plate to score ahead of a tag during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Los Angeles, Sunday, April 27, 2025.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2025
Alonso barreled from second, sliding into home plate ahead of the ball.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
Catcher Rob Brantly fielded Josh Bell’s dribbler, stepped on home plate and fired the ball to first, ending the threat and eliciting an emphatic fist pump from Quantrill.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
The Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman, left, slides into home plate to score ahead of a tag during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Los Angeles, Sunday, April 27, 2025.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2025
Alonso barreled from second, sliding into home plate ahead of the ball.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
Catcher Rob Brantly fielded Josh Bell’s dribbler, stepped on home plate and fired the ball to first, ending the threat and eliciting an emphatic fist pump from Quantrill.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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