BACK TO passed ball

passed ball vs. wild pitch

[ past-bawl ]
noun
  1. a pitched ball that the catcher can reasonably be expected to catch but misses, allowing one or more base runners to advance one or more bases.
[ wahyld-pich ]
noun
  1. a pitched ball that the catcher misses and could not be expected to catch, allowing one or more base runners to advance one or more bases.

Compare More Commonly Confused Words