How to Use wild pitch in a Sentence

wild pitch

noun
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  • Davies scored on a wild pitch in the top of the first inning.
    — oregonlive, 3 June 2022
  • The 27-year-old righty then threw a wild pitch to score a run.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The Sox scored on a wild pitch in the eighth, but that would be all for the offense.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2022
  • Ryan Braun was at the plate for 12 walk-offs (one was a wild pitch).
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2021
  • Sosa led off with a double and went to third on a wild pitch.
    — Aaron Bracy, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Brock Burke allows the winning run to score on a wild pitch in the 10th.
    — Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The Dodgers scored twice in the inning, on a wild pitch and a fielder’s choice.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Freeman went from first-to-third on the hit and scored on a wild pitch for a 5-3 lead.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
  • Kennedy came across for Texas’ final run on a wild pitch in the sixth.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 22 June 2021
  • White took third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundout.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 June 2021
  • Abrams took third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The wild pitch is a mistake; the omission of fanfare is not.
    — Alex Bhattacharji, Town & Country, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Matt Hogan stole third without a throw and scored on a wild pitch.
    — oregonlive, 12 June 2023
  • One wild pitch from Ziehl later, and the Canes were facing a deficit for the first time.
    — Luke Sims, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The Dragons took a 7-4 lead in the eighth when Blake Kellermann scored on a wild pitch.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Wheeler let up one run in the first inning on a wild pitch.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023
  • With Buxton at the plate again, the runners advanced on a wild pitch.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Blackmon scored on a wild pitch in the fourth to get the Rockies within 4-2.
    — Tim Reynolds, sun-sentinel.com, 8 June 2021
  • The wild pitch put the Pirates’ two-run inning in motion.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
  • Ralph Garza added a run-scoring wild pitch in the seventh.
    — Dick Scanlon, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2022
  • Heaney also singled in the third and scored the Angels’ first run on a wild pitch.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2021
  • But two walks, a hit batter and a wild pitch allowed OSU to break it open.
    — oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Adolis Garcia struck out on the 10th pitch of his at-bat, but got to first due to a wild pitch.
    — Joe Reedy, Star Tribune, 12 June 2021
  • Stewart was 2-for-4 with an RBI, 2 doubles and scored on a wild pitch.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 6 May 2022
  • Toro stole second base and advanced to third on a wild pitch.
    — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 18 June 2021
  • Aaron Davis drove in two more in the sixth and then scored on a wild pitch to extend the lead to 10-1 over Bangor East.
    — Eamonn Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Matt Duffy walked and took second on a wild pitch, but Jo Adell popped out to first to end the inning.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Boston clinched with a 3-2 win in the first game, after Lou Criger scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Pete Alonso scored on a wild pitch in the second, but the team didn’t do any damage before a four-run fifth inning blew the game open.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Cruz gave up a run in the first inning on a wild pitch, then retired nine consecutive batters in the second, third and fourth innings.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024

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