wild pitch

/waɪld pɪtʃ/
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Other forms: wild pitches

Definitions of wild pitch
  1. noun
    an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base
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    type of:
    delivery, pitch
    (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
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