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wild pitch
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
wild pitch
(noun)
wild pitch
noun
plural
wild pitches
wild pitch
noun
plural
wild pitches
Britannica Dictionary definition of WILD PITCH
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baseball
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a pitch that cannot be caught by the catcher and that allows a runner to go to the next base
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