wild pitch

collocation in English

meaningsofwildandpitch

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wild
adjective
uk
/waɪld/us
/waɪld/
uncontrolled, violent, ...
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pitch
noun
uk
/pɪtʃ/us
/pɪtʃ/
UK
an area painted with lines for playing particular sports, ...
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(Definition ofwildandpitchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Feller gave up only two hits, but he also gave up six walks and awildpitch.
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The game included a ninth inningwildpitchthat moved base runners onto second and third with no outs.
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In the story line, the player loses consciousness when struck by awildpitchand soon awakes with short-term amnesia.
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Can advanced to third on awildpitch.
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He also impressed in that game when he scored from second base on awildpitch.
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He also hit one batter and threw onewildpitch.
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But he was unable to get out of the inning, yielding five walks, two hits, onewildpitchand five runs before being relieved.
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Cepeda would double into the left-field corner and move to third on awildpitch.
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An errant pitch that eludes the catcher and allows a baserunner to take one or more additional bases is called awildpitch.
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A runner who advances on awildpitchis not credited with a stolen base unless he breaks before the pitcher begins his delivery.
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Awildpitchmay only be scored if one or more runners advance.
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Control continued to be a problem, as he walked 13 batters and struck out only five, also hitting one batter and throwing onewildpitch.
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This causes a sharper sink, but also has a greater risk of awildpitch.
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A closely related statistic is thewildpitch.
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The lone, unearned run scored as a result of a botched pickoff play and awildpitch.
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Awildpitchallowed another run to score.
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Awildpitchtied the score at two apiece.
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Paculba lead off with a walk and advanced to second on awildpitch.
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Any such pitch which strikes the ground before it reaches home plate is automatically considered to be awildpitch.
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A scored run due to awildpitchis recorded as an earned run.
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