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WILD PITCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wild pitch mean? 

WILD PITCH (noun)
  The noun WILD PITCH has 1 sense:

1. an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a baseplay

  Familiarity information: WILD PITCH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WILD PITCH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("wild pitch" is a kind of...):

delivery; pitch ((baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter)


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