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| fielder's choice |
in baseball, a fielder's decision, on a batted ground ball, to put out a base runner instead of the batter. |
| home plate |
in baseball, a five-sided flat slab of hard rubber at which the batter stands, and which the base runner must touch in order to score a run. |
| pitchout |
in baseball, a ball deliberately pitched outside the plate in anticipation of an attempted steal by a base runner. [1/2 definitions] |
| sacrifice |
in baseball, to enable (a base runner) to advance by hitting a sacrifice bunt or fly. [1/11 definitions] |
| wild pitch |
in baseball, an erratic pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance to the next base. (Cf. passed ball.) |
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