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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Following the departure of Ray, whose lone run allowed was on a wild pitch, manager Bob Melvin followed a familiar formula: Randy Rodríguez for the seventh, Tyler Rogers for the eighth and Ryan Walker for the ninth.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
Beck scored on a wild pitch, and Tovar scored on McMahon’s groundout to first to give Colorado a 2-1 lead.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 May 2025
Brady Short scored on a wild pitch in the 12th inning to lift CCSU to a 6-5 victory over LIU at Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and its ninth NEC title under coach Charlie Hickey.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
Melo reached third after hitting a double in the third inning, but was thrown out by catcher Nathan Bonilla trying to score on a wild pitch.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
Beck scored on a wild pitch, and Tovar scored on McMahon’s groundout to first to give Colorado a 2-1 lead.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 May 2025
Brady Short scored on a wild pitch in the 12th inning to lift CCSU to a 6-5 victory over LIU at Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and its ninth NEC title under coach Charlie Hickey.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
Melo reached third after hitting a double in the third inning, but was thrown out by catcher Nathan Bonilla trying to score on a wild pitch.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
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“Wild pitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20pitch. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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