How to Use base runner in a Sentence

base runner

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  • Oxford Academy had three base runners in the bottom of the first but did not score.
    — Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 17 May 2024
  • Shortstop Derek Jeter managed to grab an errant throw coming in from right field and then gently tossed the ball to catcher Jorge Posada, who tagged the base runner at home plate.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2014
  • The Rangers had just two more base runners the rest of the day – on a two-out error in the sixth and a two-out walk in the eighth.
    — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 20 May 2018
  • Clase did not allow a base runner in the ninth for his first save.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The Ducks had just one base runner in the final four innings.
    — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Welch singles to center to give the Hogs a base runner.
    — Seth Campbell, Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Kendall Diggs popped up to third base and Cali struck out to strand a pair of base runners.
    — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 5 June 2023
  • Dominguez’s base runners came on a walk and a single up the middle.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 7 June 2018
  • Had a lot of base runners, a lot of traffic, a lot of action out there.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 5 July 2019
  • In four of his eight innings, the Mustangs didn’t have a base runner.
    — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2021
  • The closest the Crusaders came to getting a base runner was a pair of three-ball counts.
    — Kirk Kenney, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 May 2018
  • The Hawks had a two-out base runner in the fifth and runners on the corners in the sixth with two away, but no more Hawks crossed the plate.
    — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The play erased a base runner ahead of Perez’s third-inning homer, a two-run shot to the right of the 400-foot mark in center field.
    — Maria Torres, kansascity, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Alabama hasn’t had a base runner since her 3-run jack in the first.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Smith worked around base runners for much of his outing.
    — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 5 June 2023
  • The lead base runner, who had been on second, scored as the pitcher fell to the grass near the mound, mobbed by his teammates.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
  • Players tripped base runners or grabbed their belts to hold them back.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2018
  • Texas Tech had seven base runners, none of whom scored, in the first four innings.
    — Mike Malloy, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 June 2018
  • Zimmer proved to be a very savvy base runner as a rookie.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Preston Tucker took over for Acuña as the base runner on first and the Braves leading 6–1.
    — Scooby Axson, SI.com, 27 May 2018
  • Their only other base runner, Derek Hill, drew a six-pitch walk with one out in the third.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 4 June 2022
  • The Razorbacks didn't have another base runner the rest of the game.
    — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 28 June 2018
  • The Dodgers did not produce a base runner until the fifth inning.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
  • Grand Canyon had a base runner in every inning but the fifth and sixth, and stranded eight.
    — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 3 June 2022
  • To that point, the Orioles had managed only two base runners and one of them didn’t even get to first base.
    — Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, 19 June 2019
  • And if a base runner advances, the pickoff/step-off count of two will be reset.
    — Scott Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Missouri hasn’t had a base runner since the first inning as Fouts sat down the last 10 batters.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 12 May 2022
  • From there, the righthander cruised, allowing just one base runner on a walk over the next three innings.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The player who homers taps the helmets of the base runners with his own helmet, then salutes the Texas Tech bullpen and the fans behind the Red Raiders’ dugout.
    — Pat Borzi, New York Times, 23 June 2018
  • Bradley is a good base runner who would have scored from second on a single.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2019

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