on base

idiom

baseball

: occupying one of the bases (first, second, or third) during a game

There's a runner on base.

Examples of on base in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Mets’ trend of leaving runners on base continued Tuesday, with seven left on base and the team going 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position. —Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2024

The hard part is that (Walker) has been that fireman who comes in with guys on base and oftentimes pitches out of a jam and then the next inning as well. —Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024

The next pitch, Walker fired a slider past his bat and into Patrick Bailey’s glove set up on the outside corner for strike three to end the inning, stranding three runners on base. —Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024

But both runners were left on base when Brandon Drury struck out. —Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 31 July 2024