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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Richards failed to even last a month with the Twins, getting designated for assignment after walking or hitting 13 batters and uncorking seven wild pitches in 13 innings. —

Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024 After a run scored on Adrian Morejon’s wild pitch, Hernandez lined a single to center that scored two runs when rookie Jackson Merrill misplayed the short hop. —

Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024 In the sixth, Dansby Swanson hit a run-scoring triple that dropped in front of a diving Austin Martin in right-center field, then scored on Dobnak’s wild pitch to make it 6-2. —

John Shipley, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2024 The death raised concerns about wild pitches and the risk of fresh, shiny baseballs slipping from pitchers’ hands. —

Evan Bush, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wild pitch