wild pitch
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- noun
- /waɪld pɪtʃ/
- Jargon
:
lanzamiento descontrolado
- A wild pitch on a 0-2 offering to Jean Segura allowed both runners to move up ninety feet.
- threw a wild pitch
- scored on wild pitches
- uncorked a wild pitch
Examples
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Then the Blue Sox pitcher threw a wild pitch, and the runner moved to second.
Fiction book (2001) -
Lofton doubled, stole third, and gave us a three-run lead on a wild pitch.
Blog text (2) -
- We keep playing like this, we're gonna lose 8 to 7 on nothing but wild pitches.
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Morgan took third on the wild pitch.
Blog text (24) -
The first thing Logan did was throw a wild pitch that allowed the second Twins' run to score.
Blog text (19) -
The only excitement for the tribe provided by Rick Vaughn, who set an American League record by throwing four wild pitches in one inning.
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In his first playoff game, he lasted two innings after throwing five wild pitches in one inning, tying a major league record.
Blog text (15) -
Pedro Beato threw a wild pitch that brought the tying run home.
Blog text (33) -
After Jackson advanced to second on a wild pitch, Mike Ahmed (Holy Cross) grounded a single past Forgione's dive that scored Robbins.
Blog text (5) -
The runner advanced to second base after the pitcher threw a wild pitch that went over the catcher's head.
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- Jargon
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase 'wild pitch' is directly and transparently compositional: 'wild' (uncontrolled) + 'pitch' (a throw) yields the meaning 'an uncontrolled/erratic throw'. While the full baseball implication (that the catcher cannot reasonably catch it and a runner may advance) is sport-specific, the basic sense is immediately inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
The baseball term wild pitch describes a pitch thrown so wild that the catcher misses it and the ball goes past him, so a runner can 'advance a base'. That's why it means a bad throw that lets a runner move forward.