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
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Trout came to the plate in the fifth inning with the Angels having just scored the first two runs of the game on a collection of walks, wild pitches and a hit batter.
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Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
The Nationals, last in the NL East, are 5-12 in their past 17 games and fell 21 games under .500
The Twins, meanwhile, used walks to Matt Wallner and Brooks Lee and a pair of wild pitches from starter MacKenzie Gore, a National League All-Star, to push a run across in the fifth.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 26 July 2025
Yes, Tarik Skubal missed out his 11th win this season on Sunday night — keeping him a win back of AL leader Garrett Crochet — when a wild pitch from reliever Tyler Holton allowed the tying run to score.
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 22 July 2025
Estévez gave up a leadoff homer to Dominic Canzone in the ninth and had runners on second and third after a wild pitch with one out, but struck out Julio Rodríguez and got Raleigh to ground out to end the game.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2025
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Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
The Nationals, last in the NL East, are 5-12 in their past 17 games and fell 21 games under .500
The Twins, meanwhile, used walks to Matt Wallner and Brooks Lee and a pair of wild pitches from starter MacKenzie Gore, a National League All-Star, to push a run across in the fifth.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 26 July 2025
Yes, Tarik Skubal missed out his 11th win this season on Sunday night — keeping him a win back of AL leader Garrett Crochet — when a wild pitch from reliever Tyler Holton allowed the tying run to score.
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 22 July 2025
Estévez gave up a leadoff homer to Dominic Canzone in the ninth and had runners on second and third after a wild pitch with one out, but struck out Julio Rodríguez and got Raleigh to ground out to end the game.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2025
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“Wild pitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20pitch. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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