Vocabulary

wild pitch

暴投(ぼうとう)

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Idiom
A baseball pitch not hit by the batter that cannot be caught or controlled by the catcher with ordinary effort and that enables a base runner to advance.
打者によっては打たれなかったピッチヤーからの投球で、通常の努力では捕手がキャッチしたりコントロールできず、ベースにいた走者を前進させてしまう暴投。

Examples

  1. A wild pitch in the 3rd inning allowed both runners to move up a base.

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