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WILD PITCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wild pitch mean?
• WILD PITCH (noun)
The noun WILD PITCH has 1 sense:
1. an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base
Familiarity information: WILD PITCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("wild pitch" is a kind of...):
delivery; pitch ((baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter)
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