How to Use passed ball in a Sentence

passed ball

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  • Toglia led off with a walk and advanced to third on a balk and passed ball.
    — Avi Sholkoff, Detroit Free Press, 9 June 2019
  • There were no passed balls, though Bothwell did throw one in the dirt that Pierce kept in front of him.
    — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2018
  • The Dodgers also got runs via a wild pitch and passed ball with runners at third.
    — Tim Booth, Star Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020
  • On Romine’s passed ball, Betts to third, Bogaerts to second.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
  • Fields and Easter had the only RBIs as the rest of the runs were scored on errors, passed balls and wild pitches.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2018
  • The Sox eventually took a lead on a run-scoring passed ball in the bottom of the fifth.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2019
  • The Huskies led 5-0 behind Quick’s 3-run blast in the first and two more runs on a fielder’s choice and passed ball in the second inning.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 6 May 2022
  • 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, 15 Oct. 2018
  • The go-ahead run scored on J.T. Realmuto’s passed ball, and Smith’s two-run single up the middle made it 6-3.
    — Mike Fitzpatrick, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2022
  • The Twins trailed 5-0 by the end of the second inning, mustered just four hits, and in the field committed an error and passed ball.
    — Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 16 June 2021
  • On Maile’s passed ball, Devers to third, E.Núñez to second.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2018
  • There were two passed balls in the second inning when Derek Norris was catching Matthew Boyd.
    — George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Zunino cracked a 433-foot shot in the sixth against Taijuan Walker and allowed a run-scoring passed ball in the bottom half.
    — Ronald Blum, Chron, 14 July 2021
  • With no outs in the first, Burbank scored two runs on back-to-back passed balls before White drove in her first run on a single to give the Media City a 3-0 lead.
    — Vincent Nguyen, latimes.com, 9 July 2019
  • The second Renegades run scored in the first inning as well on a strikeout and passed ball to catcher Jean Carrillo.
    — Randy McRoberts, The Aegis, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Senior center fielder Ryan Williams led off the frame with a walk, reached second on a stolen base and advanced to third after a pass ball.
    — Tom Moor, Indianapolis Star, 9 June 2018
  • Yordan Álvarez and Jake Marisnick scored the go-ahead runs on passed balls in the sixth and seventh, securing Greinke's 199th career win.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 13 Aug. 2019
  • The Spinners cut the lead to 4-1 in the fifth when third baseman Nicholas Northcut — who snuck a grounder into left for the aforementioned first hit of the game — scored on a Handley passed ball.
    — Chris Jeter, baltimoresun.com, 25 July 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, 14 June 2019
  • Andrew Knapp scored on Robinson Chirinos’ passed ball in the bottom of the ninth inning to win it for Philadelphia.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Deer Park tried to match the Bruins' uptempo game by bounce passing balls on the fastbreak, but too many were getting picked off or knocked out of bounds by the speedy Bruins.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Joey Votto reached on shortstop Edman’s error and moved to second on Yadier Molina’s passed ball.
    — John Fay, The Enquirer, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Jurickson Profar led off with a single, then moved to second on Mike Zunino’s passed ball.
    — Ted Ward, The Mercury News, 11 June 2019
  • Springer reached on an infield hit, took second on Gary Sánchez’s passed ball, advanced on a groundout and scored when Paxton bounced a breaking ball off Sánchez’s glove for a wild pitch.
    — Ronald Blum, The Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2019
  • The former college shortstop threw out 41 percent of base stealers last season, picked off four runners and had only three passed balls in 99 games.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 4 Feb. 2018
  • Wood pitched five strong innings in a series-ending 6-2 loss, allowing one run on catcher Tyler Houston’ passed ball.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Josh Phegley’s passed ball allowed another run to score later in the inning.
    — Noah Trister, The Seattle Times, 19 May 2019
  • 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, 3 July 2018
  • The Indians also scored on Sanchez's sixth passed ball this season and Jason Kipnis ' sacrifice fly.
    — Mike Fitzpatrick, courant.com, 7 May 2018
  • The veteran made two more defensive miscues after committing two errors and two passed balls in Game 1.
    — Greg Beacham, The Seattle Times, 15 Oct. 2018

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