How to Use wild pitch in a Sentence

wild pitch

noun
  • Martínez scored on a wild pitch.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Hood takes third on a wild pitch.
    — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Wells went on to score on a wild pitch.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Five runs, six hits, and a wild pitch, to boot.
    — Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Two of the three came on wild pitches.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
  • His wild pitch helped move the runner along.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Two more came home on a groundout and a wild pitch.
    — ABC News, 15 June 2026
  • The crew chief awarded one run on what was ruled a wild pitch.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Painter fired a wild pitch to the backstop that forced home the fifth run.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Perez was hit in the hand by a wild pitch last Friday.
    — Kansas City Star, 9 June 2026
  • Varsho scored later in the inning on a wild pitch.
    — CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • Arizona scored again in the second, on a wild pitch.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Teodosio advanced to third on a wild pitch.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Tyler Phillips threw a run-scoring wild pitch in the sixth.
    — CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Miller then threw a wild pitch to bring home another run.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Both runners advanced on a wild pitch.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
  • Three wild pitches allowed in three runs.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
  • Texas pitchers amassed four walks and three wild pitches in the frame.
    — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 3 Apr. 2026
  • He was hit by a wild pitch Friday night and missed the last two games.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
  • Jo Adell led off with a double and took third on a one-out wild pitch.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026
  • With two on and one out, a Cook wild pitch put runners on first and third.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
  • Two wild pitches with Duer at the plate brought home the game's first two runs.
    — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
  • With two on and one out, a Cook wild pitch moved runners to first and third.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
  • Sheehan gave up three hits, walked two and threw a wild pitch while striking out five.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Koth then reached on an error and scored on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh.
    — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Carson Benge slides into home to score on a wild pitch.
    — CBS News, 16 May 2026
  • There was a double, a single, an error, a wild pitch and a walk.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • From there, a wild pitch drove in the Aggies' second run of the game.
    — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The two runners each moved up on a wild pitch, putting runners and second and third.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Andy Pages led off that fourth inning with a single and moved up on a wild pitch.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025

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