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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Crean Lutheran’s Sho Garcia scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning of the game for graduating seniors.
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Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 30 May 2024
Fitzgerald walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch, but got stranded there as Mike Yastrzemski grounded out to end the scoring chance.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
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Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 30 May 2024
Fitzgerald walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch, but got stranded there as Mike Yastrzemski grounded out to end the scoring chance.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
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“Wild pitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20pitch. Accessed 3 Jun. 2024.
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