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. 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 See All Example Sentences for wild pitch

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wild pitch was in 1867

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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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