How to Use on base in a Sentence

on base

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• Homers with men on base like that?
  — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• Both teams left eight men on base.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
• Don’t let guys on base and work around it.
  — Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2026
• Both teams found ways to get runners on base.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
• The deficit would have been down to one run had Cruz been on base.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
• The two of them were on base five times against Padres pitching.
  — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2024
• All three strikeouts came in the sixth with two men on base, and he was pumped up.
  — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 July 2025
• The Padres were down by five runs and had a runner on base with two outs.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
• And yes, Ohtani was on base nine times on Monday.
  — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 28 Oct. 2025
• The Giants left five runners on base for the game.
  — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
• Etowah left nine runners on base while James Clemens left three.
  — Mike Perrin | , al, 20 Mar. 2023
• Colorado had six hits with runners on base across the seventh and eighth.
  — Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2023
• In the third inning, the Mets had two runners on base with two outs.
  — Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
• There might be more runners on base when Pasquantino steps to the plate.
  — Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
• Hazel Green left eight runners on base while the home team stranded four.
  — Mike Perrin | , al, 24 Mar. 2023
• The reason for the drill, truth be told, was to focus on base running.
  — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
• Harper had a huge chance in the sixth inning with two runners on base and one out.
  — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• Both teams had runners on base and favorable chances to take the lead or win the game.
  — The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
• By the end, these two teams combined to leave 22 runners on base.
  — The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
• Contreras’ five times on base tied his career-high for the fourth time.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
• Like in the sixth inning, when the Braves had two runners on base with two outs.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
• His first two at-bats, Cameron left five runners on base with shallow fly balls.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
• The Foxes scored in the top of the first, putting their first three batters on base.
  — Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2023
• The Golden Eagles got two on base with one out.
  — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 14 Feb. 2026
• But both runners were left on base when Brandon Drury struck out.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 31 July 2024
• The loss snapped a four-game win streak for the Phillies, who left seven runners on base.
  — CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
• Chandler Simpson and Caminero were each on base four times.
  — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
• The Marlins made two errors and left nine runners on base.
  — Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
• The Dodgers were ahead by one run and the Giants had a runner on base.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
• By the time the episode was in full swing, my expectations felt roughly on base.
  — Rima Parikh, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2025