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
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The runner was tagged out at home plate.
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Rocker, whose delivery was quick to home plate with his pitch, pumped his fist when the second base umpire called Lara out.
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Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Then there were the seven or eight field trips to the Diamondbacks’ Chase Field with Borzello to watch the game from behind home plate with the rest of the scouts.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Decoy ran from the mound to home plate with the ball in his mouth, dropped it in front of Ohtani, and gave him a high-five.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
The home plate umpire had three calls overturned by the ABS Challenge system within the first two innings alone, including one pitch from Pirates starter Carmen Mlodzinski to Trevor Story that went right down the middle but was initially called a ball.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
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Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Then there were the seven or eight field trips to the Diamondbacks’ Chase Field with Borzello to watch the game from behind home plate with the rest of the scouts.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Decoy ran from the mound to home plate with the ball in his mouth, dropped it in front of Ohtani, and gave him a high-five.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
The home plate umpire had three calls overturned by the ABS Challenge system within the first two innings alone, including one pitch from Pirates starter Carmen Mlodzinski to Trevor Story that went right down the middle but was initially called a ball.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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