passed ball
nounDefinition of passed ball
: a baseball pitch not hit by the batter that passes the catcher when it should have been caught and allows a base runner to advance
one of his trick pitches shot by his catcher for a passed ball— John Drebinger
— compare wild pitch
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Chris Herrmann, who led off the second with a walk, scored on Robbie Grossman’s sacrifice fly, and Marcus Semien, who doubled into the left-field corner, scored on Matt Wieters’ passed ball. — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, "Mike Fiers stays hot as A’s win series opener against St. Louis," 3 Aug. 2019 Jurickson Profar led off with a single, then moved to second on Mike Zunino’s passed ball. — Ted Ward, The Mercury News, "Back-to-back smashes lead A’s past Rays," 11 June 2019 With one out, Arcia scored the game’s first run on catcher Buster Posey’s first passed ball of the season as Posey failed to handle a cutter well off the outside corner. — Kerry Crowley, The Mercury News, "Giants playing their best baseball in 12 months, take down first-place Brewers at home," 14 June 2019 Josh Phegley’s passed ball allowed another run to score later in the inning. — Noah Trister, The Seattle Times, "Athletics-Tigers game suspended in 7th with A’s up 5-3," 19 May 2019 Grandal’s passed ball in the eighth drew the fans’ greatest ire, even though happened after the Dodgers already trailed by four runs. — Greg Beacham, The Seattle Times, "Grandal’s woes, quiet LA bats doom Dodgers in NLCS Game 3," 15 Oct. 2018 In the first contest, Red started out with a 2-0 lead as Matt Johnson and Fields both walked and stole their way into scoring position, before the two either scored on a wild pitch or passed ball. — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, "League City Red ekes out Section Pony crown over League City White," 3 July 2018 On Maile’s passed ball, Devers to third, E.Núñez to second. — BostonGlobe.com, "MLB boxscore: Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 3," 28 May 2018 Calvary Chapel scored in the fifth, after Mazur gave up a leadoff single to Darren Johnson, and Johnson eventually made it to third on a sacrifice bunt and passed ball. — David Carrillo Peñaloza, latimes.com, "Estancia baseball moves closer to playoff berth with win over Calvary Chapel," 2 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'passed ball.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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