wild pitch

noun

: a baseball pitch not hit by the batter that cannot be caught or controlled by the catcher with ordinary effort and that enables a base runner to advance compare passed ball

Examples of wild pitch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Boston kept putting pressure on White Sox left-hander Noah Schultz from there and scored again in the top of the fourth when Jarren Duran led off with a double, reached third on a wild pitch and came in to score on a Connor Wong bunt. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026

Arroyo advanced to second on a wild pitch with Elly De La Cruz at the plate, but Bradish struck out the Reds’ leadoff man to bring up the rookie Stewart, who was named to the All-Star team Saturday. — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 6 July 2026

After Olson went to third on a wild pitch, Harris beat out a chopper to first getting the Braves within 10-9. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 5 July 2026

Aranda moved up on another wild pitch by lefty reliever Steven Okert, but pinch-hitter Ryan Vilade flied out. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wild pitch

• bewitch
• caliche
• distich
• enrich
• bitch
• ditch
• fiche
• glitch
• hitch
• ich
• itch
• kitsch