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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Adam Ottavino came on in the second inning and posted his worst outing of the spring, allowing six runs on three hits, three walks and two wild pitches while recording just one out.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
Batter’s box: The Padres scored all three of their runs in the third inning, with Connor Joe doubling in a run, another scoring on a wild pitch and Yuli Gurriel doubling in another run.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
The team won by breaking a ninth-inning tie by scoring on a wild pitch.
—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
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
Batter’s box: The Padres scored all three of their runs in the third inning, with Connor Joe doubling in a run, another scoring on a wild pitch and Yuli Gurriel doubling in another run.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
The team won by breaking a ninth-inning tie by scoring on a wild pitch.
—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
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“Wild pitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20pitch. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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