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
  • Davies scored on a wild pitch in the top of the first inning.
    — oregonlive, 3 June 2022
  • Lipari then scored the lone run of the night on a wild pitch.
    — J.c. Carnahan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Sosa led off with a double and went to third on a wild pitch.
    — Aaron Bracy, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The crew chief awarded one run on what was ruled a wild pitch.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Marte then stole third base and raced home on a wild pitch by Crick.
    — Bob McManaman, azcentral, 11 June 2018
  • Their lone run came on a wild pitch with two outs in the ninth inning.
    — Mac Engel, star-telegram, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The 27-year-old righty then threw a wild pitch to score a run.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 1 Sep. 2021
  • In the top of the eighth, two singles and a wild pitch tied the game.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • The Dodgers went on to score on a wild pitch and a groundout.
    — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 27 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • Matt Hogan stole third without a throw and scored on a wild pitch.
    — oregonlive, 12 June 2023
  • Both runners advanced on a wild pitch.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
  • To avoid a wild pitch, Romine threw himself in front of the ball.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Three wild pitches allowed in three runs.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
  • Alvelo then slipped and threw a wild pitch that sent Clifton to second.
    — Michael Kinney, The Seattle Times, 3 June 2018
  • Texas pitchers amassed four walks and three wild pitches in the frame.
    — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 3 Apr. 2026
  • With a man on 3rd, why not make a longer at bat and maybe there will be a wild pitch?
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 15 June 2025

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