full count

noun

baseball
: a situation in which the count to the batter is two strikes and three balls

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Lux battled to a full count and then lined a 95 MPH fastball deep enough to center to both score Kiké Hernández from third (to tie the game at 6-6), and to allow Edman to move from second to third with one out. Dan Freedman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 Bases loaded, two outs, full count and Buehler had struck out Francisco Lindor with … a curveball? Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 Representing the go-ahead run, Yepez stepped to the plate again with two hits already and worked a full count, looking at a backdoor sinker that just missed the outside corner for ball three. Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024 Quintana gave up a double and an RBI single to start the game, but then struck out Royce Lewis on a full count and hit cruise control from there. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for full count 

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“Full count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20count. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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