home stand
nounDefinition of home stand
: a series of baseball games played at a team's home field
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Ohio State continues its season-opening home stand against a Cincinnati team that opened with a 24-14 home victory over UCLA. — Nathan Baird, cleveland.com, "Ohio State must build on defensive start from 45-21 victory over Florida Atlantic," 31 Aug. 2019 The Sparks now hit the road for their final three away games before ending the season with a three-game home stand. — Brady Klopfer, Los Angeles Times, "Sparks beat Sun to extend home winning streak to 11 games," 25 Aug. 2019 Oakland beat the Yankees, 6-4, to claim the series and their fifth win over their last six this home stand (against the Astros, too). — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, "‘There’s a little bit of extra sizzle’: A.J. Puk has wild debut, Liam Hendriks records five-out save in Athletics win," 22 Aug. 2019 The last game of Louisville's latest home stand saw 20 hits and 13 runs in front of a crowd of 12,113 at Slugger Field. — Robert Rimpson, The Courier-Journal, "Bats end latest home stand with a bang against the Indianapolis Indians," 3 July 2019 Minnesota’s longest home stand this season is just three games. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, "Timberwolves’ 2019-20 schedule is out, and it is less than ideal," 12 Aug. 2019 Including an 11-4 loss to the Cubs to end their last home stand, the Brewers have dropped five of their last six games to drop to 57-55 for the season. — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Cubs 4, Brewers 1: Offense continues to be missing in action in third consecutive defeat," 3 Aug. 2019 For Dexter Harrod, memories of his family's home stand out. — CBS News, "After earthquakes rattle nerves in Southern California, neuropsychologist shares tips to cope," 7 July 2019 The last matchup of the four-game home stand for Indianapolis against Toledo — and the final game before the Triple-A All-Star game — is set to start Sunday at 1:35 p.m. at Victory Field. — Indystar Staff Reports, Indianapolis Star, "Indians fall to Mud Hens in extra innings," 6 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'home stand.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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