full count
noun
baseball
: a situation in which the count to the batter is two strikes and three balls
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Trout flailed on a 100-mph slider that tailed just outside the strike zone on a full count.
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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Starting in left-field and batting seventh, the versatile top prospect drew a pair of walks, both on a full count, and scored twice.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
De Vries had gone down 0-2 before working to a full count.
—Gqlshare, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
The officers reported only minor injuries, and authorities do not have a full count of the number of people who went to the hospital after the brawl as of Monday morning, according to San Jose police.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Starting in left-field and batting seventh, the versatile top prospect drew a pair of walks, both on a full count, and scored twice.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
De Vries had gone down 0-2 before working to a full count.
—Gqlshare, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
The officers reported only minor injuries, and authorities do not have a full count of the number of people who went to the hospital after the brawl as of Monday morning, according to San Jose police.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Full count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20count. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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