Substitute for another as a base runner, typically at a critical point in the game.
〔棒球〕（紧要时刻的）替补跑垒
Combs was supposed to pinch-run in the 12th
Example sentencesExamples
His grandfather, Jim Delsing, played professional baseball for the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, and St. Louis Browns, and is best known as the man who pinch-ran for Eddie Gaedel in 1951.
You can pinch-run a slow guy and hell steal a base.
Paul, who has good speed, can pinch-run in late innings.
Henson made his major-league debut on Thursday, pinch-running for Bernie Williams in the 8th inning.
In one game, with runners on first and second base, Alvin Dark sent Washington in to pinch-run at first base.
Derivatives
pinch-runner
noun
Baseball
A player who substitutes for a teammate as a base runner, typically at a critical point in the game.
〔棒球〕（紧要时刻的）替补跑垒
he came in as a pinch runner after Turner strained his left hamstring
Example sentencesExamples
However, later events suggest that even a pinch runner would have had some value.
Adjustments like pinch runners or last-minute changes in batting order are allowed to help keep injury rates low.
Him and Davis need to be used primarily as pinch runners.
Five of those six appearances were as a pinch-runner and one as a defensive replacement.
His pinch-runner doesn't score, and the Yanks lose the game and the series.
His meager bat means he will probably just be a pinch runner in 2014.
Definition of pinch-run in US English:
pinch-run
verb
[no object]Baseball
Substitute for another as a base runner, typically at a critical point in the game.
〔棒球〕（紧要时刻的）替补跑垒
Combs was supposed to pinch-run in the 12th
Example sentencesExamples
Paul, who has good speed, can pinch-run in late innings.
In one game, with runners on first and second base, Alvin Dark sent Washington in to pinch-run at first base.
His grandfather, Jim Delsing, played professional baseball for the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, and St. Louis Browns, and is best known as the man who pinch-ran for Eddie Gaedel in 1951.
You can pinch-run a slow guy and hell steal a base.
Henson made his major-league debut on Thursday, pinch-running for Bernie Williams in the 8th inning.