base runner
noun
: a baseball player of the team at bat who is on base or is attempting to reach a base
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Then there was the game, in which no Reds base runner advanced to third and the team was shut out for the sixth time this season.
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C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Manager Joe Espada had to pull the plug on McCullers, but the base runners on second and third were still his responsibility.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2025
Colorado managed nine hits and 12 base runners in the three-game series while striking out 32 times.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025
Turning base runners into runs has been the gargantuan task.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Manager Joe Espada had to pull the plug on McCullers, but the base runners on second and third were still his responsibility.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2025
Colorado managed nine hits and 12 base runners in the three-game series while striking out 32 times.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025
Turning base runners into runs has been the gargantuan task.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for base runner
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“Base runner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20runner. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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