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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Fleming took the ball on a pitchout and was running to his right.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2021
I don’t think I’ve seen a pitchout in three to four years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2019
The center fielder, whose parents were in the stands, finished with two stolen bases — including one on a pitchout — to hike his season total to 26.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 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
My second touchdown was a fifty-two-yarder on a pitchout from Brill.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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