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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The team won by breaking a ninth-inning tie by scoring on a wild pitch.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Julian Fernandez and Ronan Kopp combined to walk four, hit a batter and throw a wild pitch while allowing six runs in the seventh inning.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2025
Six pitches later Fitzgerald raced home from third on a wild pitch from Trevor Richards, who wasn’t able to protect the 3-2 lead Toronto took into the bottom of the ninth.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 9 July 2024
Entering the eighth down 2-1, the Tigers tied the game when a wild pitch by Ryan Pressly allowed Kerry Carpenter to score.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Julian Fernandez and Ronan Kopp combined to walk four, hit a batter and throw a wild pitch while allowing six runs in the seventh inning.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2025
Six pitches later Fitzgerald raced home from third on a wild pitch from Trevor Richards, who wasn’t able to protect the 3-2 lead Toronto took into the bottom of the ninth.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 9 July 2024
Entering the eighth down 2-1, the Tigers tied the game when a wild pitch by Ryan Pressly allowed Kerry Carpenter to score.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Wild pitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20pitch. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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