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单词 pinch-run
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Definition of pinch-run in English:

pinch-run

verb
[no object]Baseball
  • Substitute for another as a base runner, typically at a critical point in the game.

    Combs was supposed to pinch-run in the 12th
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His grandfather, Jim Delsing, played professional baseball for the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, and St. Louis Browns, and is best known as the man who pinch-ran for Eddie Gaedel in 1951.
    • You can pinch-run a slow guy and hell steal a base.
    • Paul, who has good speed, can pinch-run in late innings.
    • Henson made his major-league debut on Thursday, pinch-running for Bernie Williams in the 8th inning.
    • In one game, with runners on first and second base, Alvin Dark sent Washington in to pinch-run at first base.

Derivatives

  • pinch-runner

  • noun
    Baseball
    • A player who substitutes for a teammate as a base runner, typically at a critical point in the game.

      he came in as a pinch runner after Turner strained his left hamstring
      Example sentencesExamples
      • However, later events suggest that even a pinch runner would have had some value.
      • Adjustments like pinch runners or last-minute changes in batting order are allowed to help keep injury rates low.
      • Him and Davis need to be used primarily as pinch runners.
      • Five of those six appearances were as a pinch-runner and one as a defensive replacement.
      • His pinch-runner doesn't score, and the Yanks lose the game and the series.
      • His meager bat means he will probably just be a pinch runner in 2014.
 
 

Definition of pinch-run in US English:

pinch-run

verb
[no object]Baseball
  • Substitute for another as a base runner, typically at a critical point in the game.

    Combs was supposed to pinch-run in the 12th
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Paul, who has good speed, can pinch-run in late innings.
    • In one game, with runners on first and second base, Alvin Dark sent Washington in to pinch-run at first base.
    • His grandfather, Jim Delsing, played professional baseball for the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, and St. Louis Browns, and is best known as the man who pinch-ran for Eddie Gaedel in 1951.
    • You can pinch-run a slow guy and hell steal a base.
    • Henson made his major-league debut on Thursday, pinch-running for Bernie Williams in the 8th inning.
 
 
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