How to Use wild pitch in a Sentence

wild pitch

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  • Davies scored on a wild pitch in the top of the first inning.
    — oregonlive, 3 June 2022
  • The Sox scored on a wild pitch in the eighth, but that would be all for the offense.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2022
  • Sosa led off with a double and went to third on a wild pitch.
    — Aaron Bracy, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Brock Burke allows the winning run to score on a wild pitch in the 10th.
    — Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The wild pitch is a mistake; the omission of fanfare is not.
    — Alex Bhattacharji, Town & Country, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Matt Hogan stole third without a throw and scored on a wild pitch.
    — oregonlive, 12 June 2023
  • One wild pitch from Ziehl later, and the Canes were facing a deficit for the first time.
    — Luke Sims, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Wheeler let up one run in the first inning on a wild pitch.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023
  • With Buxton at the plate again, the runners advanced on a wild pitch.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The wild pitch put the Pirates’ two-run inning in motion.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
  • Ralph Garza added a run-scoring wild pitch in the seventh.
    — Dick Scanlon, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2022
  • But two walks, a hit batter and a wild pitch allowed OSU to break it open.
    — oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Stewart was 2-for-4 with an RBI, 2 doubles and scored on a wild pitch.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 6 May 2022
  • Aaron Davis drove in two more in the sixth and then scored on a wild pitch to extend the lead to 10-1 over Bangor East.
    — Eamonn Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Matt Duffy walked and took second on a wild pitch, but Jo Adell popped out to first to end the inning.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Cleveland threatened in the sixth when Jose Ramirez doubled and moved to third on a wild pitch.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 12 July 2022
  • Leury García scored later in the inning on a wild pitch.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2022
  • Chris Lanzilli drew a one-out walk and advanced to third on a wild pitch with two outs.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 June 2022
  • Hank Harp added an RBI single, and a final run scored on a wild pitch.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Headland scored both runs in the bottom of the sixth on Edwards’ RBI single and a wild pitch.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 29 Apr. 2022
  • In the next at-bat, his wild pitch allowed both runners to advance.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Altuve opened Houston’s first with a double and moved to third on a wild pitch.
    — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 20 May 2022
  • The Cardinals scored a run in the first on a wild pitch by Naturals starter Beck Way.
    — Paul Boyd, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The Yard Goats made it 3-1 when Niko Decolati scored from third on a wild pitch in the second inning.
    — Hartford Courant, 5 June 2022
  • Rogers scored on Pilkington’s wild pitch, but that should have been the extent of the damage.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 15 June 2022
  • Then came the wild pitch, intentional walk and three-run homer, stretching the Dodgers’ lead to 10-5.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2022
  • With the Sox leading 1-0 after Gavin Sheets scored on a wild pitch in the second, Burger led off the third with the homer to left.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Duran scored on Peguero’s wild pitch and Semien went to second.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2022
  • Myles Straw singled and scored from third on a wild pitch in the ninth for Cleveland’s only run.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 27 June 2022
  • The sixth run scored on a wild pitch by reliever Matt Foster.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2022

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