How to Use base runner in a Sentence

base runner

noun

• The Rangers had just two more base runners the rest of the day – on a two-out error in the sixth and a two-out walk in the eighth.
  — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 20 May 2018
• Clase did not allow a base runner in the ninth for his first save.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2022
• The Ducks had just one base runner in the final four innings.
  — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2022
• Welch singles to center to give the Hogs a base runner.
  — Seth Campbell, Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2021
• Dominguez’s base runners came on a walk and a single up the middle.
  — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 7 June 2018
• Had a lot of base runners, a lot of traffic, a lot of action out there.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 5 July 2019
• In four of his eight innings, the Mustangs didn’t have a base runner.
  — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2021
• The closest the Crusaders came to getting a base runner was a pair of three-ball counts.
  — Kirk Kenney, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 May 2018
• The Hawks had a two-out base runner in the fifth and runners on the corners in the sixth with two away, but no more Hawks crossed the plate.
  — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 23 Apr. 2021
• The play erased a base runner ahead of Perez’s third-inning homer, a two-run shot to the right of the 400-foot mark in center field.
  — Maria Torres, kansascity, 11 Mar. 2018
• Alabama hasn’t had a base runner since her 3-run jack in the first.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 16 Mar. 2022
• Smith worked around base runners for much of his outing.
  — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 5 June 2023
• The lead base runner, who had been on second, scored as the pitcher fell to the grass near the mound, mobbed by his teammates.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
• Players tripped base runners or grabbed their belts to hold them back.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2018
• Texas Tech had seven base runners, none of whom scored, in the first four innings.
  — Mike Malloy, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 June 2018
• Zimmer proved to be a very savvy base runner as a rookie.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, 18 Mar. 2018
• Preston Tucker took over for Acuña as the base runner on first and the Braves leading 6–1.
  — Scooby Axson, SI.com, 27 May 2018
• Their only other base runner, Derek Hill, drew a six-pitch walk with one out in the third.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 4 June 2022
• The Razorbacks didn't have another base runner the rest of the game.
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 28 June 2018
• Grand Canyon had a base runner in every inning but the fifth and sixth, and stranded eight.
  — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 3 June 2022
• To that point, the Orioles had managed only two base runners and one of them didn’t even get to first base.
  — Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, 19 June 2019
• And if a base runner advances, the pickoff/step-off count of two will be reset.
  — Scott Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2022
• Missouri hasn’t had a base runner since the first inning as Fouts sat down the last 10 batters.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 12 May 2022
• From there, the righthander cruised, allowing just one base runner on a walk over the next three innings.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2021
• The player who homers taps the helmets of the base runners with his own helmet, then salutes the Texas Tech bullpen and the fans behind the Red Raiders’ dugout.
  — Pat Borzi, New York Times, 23 June 2018
• Bradley is a good base runner who would have scored from second on a single.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2019
• Etowah now up 5-0 on Mobile Christian, which has yet to have a base runner.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2022
• Irvin opened the game allowing a base runner in each of his first five innings.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 26 Aug. 2023
• Royals fans will love to see more of Perez throwing out base runners.
  — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 20 Apr. 2018
• During the stretch, only four base runners have reached third base.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 4 May 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024