third base
nounDefinition of third base
1
: the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
2
: the player position for defending the area around third base
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Examples of third base in a Sentence
a runner on third base
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Trout stranded David Fletcher at third base when Astros starter Zack Greinke struck him out in the third inning and made the second out of the seventh with runners on the corners. — Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, "Kole Calhoun goes four for four, but Angels lose yet another one-run game.," 23 Aug. 2019 Ian Desmond drew a walk and advanced to third base when second baseman Isan Diaz booted Tony Wolters‘ grounder. — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, "Rockies rally twice, finally beat Marlins in 10 innings for 4th straight win," 18 Aug. 2019 Coaches Phil Nevin, Marcus Thames, and Josh Paul also were on the field, holding back Gardner, who was also arguing with third base umpire Todd Tichenor. — Ben Walker, BostonGlobe.com, "BC-BBA--Indians-Yankees," 17 Aug. 2019 Wild pitches getting runners to third base preceded both sacrifice flies, adding further ignominy to an abhorrent series for Seattle. — Chandler Rome, ExpressNews.com, "Houston’s Justin Verlander becomes majors’ first 15-game winner as Astros beat Mariners," 4 Aug. 2019 The Blue Jays loaded the bases against Yacabonis and grounded into a force at home before left fielder Anthony Santander caught a fly ball and alertly threw to third base to get a tagging Cavan Biggio for the third out of a scoreless inning. — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, "Opportunistic Orioles offense helps Tom Eshelman earn first major league win, 6-5 over Blue Jays," 4 Aug. 2019 Arizona took a 3-2 lead when Jake Lamb hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly off reliever Chad Green in the fifth and center fielder Aaron Hicks airmailed his throw to third base. — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, "Austin Romine lifts Yankees past Diamondbacks in Zack Greinke's final start with Arizona," 31 July 2019 Candelario, 25, has made strides defensively at third base this season, especially with his first-step reads and reaction times, but is not considered above average there. — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, "Why Detroit Tigers' Jeimer Candelario fielding experiment is no surprise," 25 July 2019 Brody Williams led off the inning with a base hit to deep center field for a triple, but the baseball was overthrown to third base and landed inside the Camarillo dugout, advancing Williams home on a dead ball. — Manny Alvarez, Daily Pilot, "Newport Harbor Baseball Assn. defeats Camarillo to stay alive in PONY Bronco Super Region," 20 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'third base.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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