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

Angels fall to Yankees Aaron Judge and Trent Grisham both homered twice and the New York Yankees scored on a game-ending wild pitch in a three-run ninth inning to overcome Mike Trout’s two homers and five RBIs in an 11-10 win over the Angels on Monday night that stopped a five-game losing streak. —Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026

Jose Caballero later scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026

José Caballero, who hit his own two-run homer in the second, then doubled, stole third and scored on a wild pitch to end the game. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026

Automatic runner Thomas Saggese advanced to third in the bottom half on a wild pitch by Tim Herrin (0-1) and scored with a headfirst slide, just beating the throw from right fielder Angel Martínez on Nathan Church’s sacrifice fly. —ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wild pitch

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