home plate
nounDefinition of home plate
: a 5-sided rubber slab at one corner of a baseball diamond at which a batter stands when batting and which must be touched by a base runner in order to score
Examples of home plate in a Sentence
The runner was tagged out at home plate.
Recent Examples on the Web
The Shortridge players collapsed on the field in despair as Morehead crossed home plate. — Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, "Walk-off blooper caps comeback victory for Alexandria," 19 June 2019 One of Marshall’s proudest possessions was a photograph of him crossing home plate after hitting a home run, as a San Francisco Giant, off St. Louis Cardinals pitching great Bob Gibson in 1968 and being greeted by Mays, who shook his hand. — Rich Archbold, The Mercury News, "Former San Francisco Giant Dave Marshall dies less than 48 hours after his wife," 14 June 2019 Tigers pitchers walked nine over the nine innings, but very few of them ever crossed home plate. — Sam Blum | [email protected], al.com, "Auburn loses Game 2 of Super Regional, will play winner-take-all on Monday," 9 June 2019 Straw, who was positioned deep behind second base, raced toward the hole up the middle, made a diving stop in the grass, sprang to his feet and fired a throw toward home plate that arrived in time to nab Nomar Mazara in a rundown. — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, "Hot bats help Astros salvage series split with Rangers," 14 July 2019 Television replays showed that Pomeranz clearly induced a swing and miss on a two-strike pitch to Brewers shortstop Orlando Arcia, but Emmel ruled that Arcia fouled the ball into the dirt behind home plate. — Kerry Crowley, The Mercury News, "Giants playing their best baseball in 12 months, take down first-place Brewers at home," 14 June 2019 His idea quickly unfurled like a fastball headed to home plate. — Anne Lehmann, BostonGlobe.com, "The ultimate mother-son time: training for a triathlon," 2 Aug. 2019 Anderson then committed an error on a routine throw back to home plate, giving Josh Naylor an opportunity to score and cut the lead to, 3-2. — Christian Simmons, sun-sentinel.com, "Cooper, Anderson and Castro each get 3 RBI as Marlins blow out Padres to open home series," 17 July 2019 Cordell promptly unleashed a perfect throw to home plate. — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, "A’s complete sweep with walk-off win over White Sox," 14 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'home plate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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