full count

noun

baseball

: a situation in which the count to the batter is two strikes and three balls

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Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, then still with the Los Angeles Angels, struck out his teammate Mike Trout on a full count in the bottom of the ninth to lift Japan past the USA to win by a score of 3-2 in 2023. —

Rustin Dodd, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024 Lux battled to a full count and then lined a 95 MPH fastball deep enough to center to both score Kiké Hernández from third (to tie the game at 6-6), and to allow Edman to move from second to third with one out. —

Dan Freedman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 Bases loaded, two outs, full count and Buehler had struck out Francisco Lindor with … a curveball? —

Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 Representing the go-ahead run, Yepez stepped to the plate again with two hits already and worked a full count, looking at a backdoor sinker that just missed the outside corner for ball three. —

Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for full count