How to Use base runner in a Sentence

base runner

noun
  • Clase did not allow a base runner in the ninth for his first save.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Players tripped base runners or grabbed their belts to hold them back.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2018
  • So that’s six base runners … on six pitches … with an out mixed in there just for fun.
    — Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Each player bats once in each inning and all base runners are safe.
    — Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Hoerner rarely strikes out and is a top-tier base runner.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Dominguez’s base runners came on a walk and a single up the middle.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 7 June 2018
  • Bradley is a good base runner who would have scored from second on a single.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2019
  • Durbin was the club’s only base runner against Snell.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Had a lot of base runners, a lot of traffic, a lot of action out there.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 5 July 2019
  • The southpaw scattered just four more base runners across the next four frames.
    — Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
  • During the stretch, only four base runners have reached third base.
    — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 4 May 2018
  • The Ducks had just one base runner in the final four innings.
    — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Royals fans will love to see more of Perez throwing out base runners.
    — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Irvin opened the game allowing a base runner in each of his first five innings.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Boston stranded at least one base runner in each of the first eight innings.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The Reds are working on strategies like this with all of their base runners.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 19 Feb. 2024
  • In four of his eight innings, the Mustangs didn’t have a base runner.
    — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2021
  • And if a base runner advances, the pickoff/step-off count of two will be reset.
    — Scott Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Neither team managed a base runner through the first four innings.
    — Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Texas Tech had seven base runners, none of whom scored, in the first four innings.
    — Mike Malloy, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 June 2018
  • From there, the righthander cruised, allowing just one base runner on a walk over the next three innings.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 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
  • Seventeen Ks and nary a base runner.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Rizer lined out to center for the first out with no advancement from the base runners.
    — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 27 June 2019
  • The Dodgers did not produce a base runner until the fifth inning.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
  • Reading managed two base runners in the top of the fifth but Taylor held the score.
    — Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
  • But gaining Ohtani the ace might mean some losses for Ohtani the base runner.
    — Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • And even with all those base runners, only two batters hit into double plays.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The closest the Crusaders came to getting a base runner was a pair of three-ball counts.
    — Kirk Kenney, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 May 2018
  • Ohtani was shaky right from the start, allowing base runners in every one of his three innings.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2025

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