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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Hunter Goodman lined out to Montgomery, Jordan Beck popped out to Sosa at second base and Thairo Estrada grounded out to Montgomery.
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
The pitching staff might have had a little more room to breathe if Trenton Brooks wasn’t erased at second base in the fifth inning on a technicality.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025
Tommy Edman was the leading vote getter at second base in Phase 1, but was passed by the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte during Phase 2.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 3 July 2025
However, the ball struck second base umpire Emil Jimenez on its way into the outfield.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 3 July 2025
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
The pitching staff might have had a little more room to breathe if Trenton Brooks wasn’t erased at second base in the fifth inning on a technicality.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025
Tommy Edman was the leading vote getter at second base in Phase 1, but was passed by the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte during Phase 2.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 3 July 2025
However, the ball struck second base umpire Emil Jimenez on its way into the outfield.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 3 July 2025
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“Second base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20base. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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