pitchout
Americannoun
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Baseball. a strategy in which a pitcher purposely throws the ball too far outside the plate for the batter to hit, but enabling the catcher to more easily handle the ball in anticipation of an attempted steal, squeeze play, or hit-and-run play.
On a botched pitchout by the Oakland battery, Santana stole his first base since last September.
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Football. a lateral pass thrown behind the line of scrimmage by one back, especially a T-formation quarterback, to another.
Freeman took a pitchout and went 42 yards around left end for the score.
Etymology
Origin of pitchout
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; noun use of verb phrase pitch out
Example Sentences
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It’s actually the act of a quarterback faking a handoff or pitchout as he drops back to pass, then throws the ball.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2019
He took one shot to the head from linebacker Eli Harold late in the game after a pitchout on an option play, but quickly got to his feet.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2016
A pitchout, a lateral, the worst thing that can happen to a golfer; a ball that goes off the heel of the club face and squirts directly at the gallery.
From Golf Digest • May 6, 2016
Terrance Gore may be the fastest runner in baseball, a pint-size blur whose legs have not met their match in any catcher’s arm, pitcher’s quick move or manager’s shrewd call for a pitchout.
From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2015
My second touchdown was a fifty-two-yarder on a pitchout from Brill.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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