home plate

noun

: a 5-sided rubber slab at one corner of a baseball diamond at which a batter stands when batting and which must be touched by a base runner in order to score

Examples of home plate in a Sentence

The runner was tagged out at home plate.

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Alonso seemed stunned by the reaction and, upon the prompting of home plate umpire John Libka stepped out of the batter’s box, doffed his helmet and tapped his heart. —

Jerry Beach, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 On Friday, Dodger Stadium tickets behind home plate were selling for between $15,000 and $20,000. —

Nbc New York, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024 Kansas City's Frank White then lofted a foul pop fly to the first base side of home plate. —

CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024 In 1976, Chris Chambliss hit a walk-off homer in Game 5 and still might not have touched home plate following what may have been the chaotic field-storming celebration of all-time. —

Jerry Beach, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for home plate