second base
noun
1
: the base that must be touched second by a base runner in baseball
2
: the player position for defending the area on the first-base side of second base
second baseman
noun
Examples of second base in a Sentence
He slid into second base.
He used to play second base for the Red Sox.
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The ball dropped in, and Turner jogged into second base.
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Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
He was stranded at second base when Wrobleski went back to setting the Phillies down in order, retiring the next seven (five on strikeouts).
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
Reid Overstreet followed with a chopper to second base that went off the glove of Max Segura for another error to score Zollicoffer.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
Objectively, all that actually happened is a runner made it to second base.
—Elise Devlin, New York Times, 29 May 2026
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Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
He was stranded at second base when Wrobleski went back to setting the Phillies down in order, retiring the next seven (five on strikeouts).
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
Reid Overstreet followed with a chopper to second base that went off the glove of Max Segura for another error to score Zollicoffer.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
Objectively, all that actually happened is a runner made it to second base.
—Elise Devlin, New York Times, 29 May 2026
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“Second base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20base. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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