pitch out

pitch out

1. (baseball) A pitch which was intentionally thrown outside to the catcher who stands up with the pitch for the purpose of enabling the catcher to throw out a runner.

   The pitch out enabled the catcher to throw out the runner.

pitch out (third-person singular simple present pitches out, present participle pitching out, simple past and past participle pitched out)

1. (baseball, intransitive) To intentionally throw the ball outside to the catcher who stands up with the pitch for the purpose of enabling the catcher to throw out a runner

   Jones pitched out twice to no avail.

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