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Comebacker meaning
A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher. | One who makes a comeback.
Example sentences (9)
A Whit Merrifield comebacker should have been the first out of the inning; instead the ball dribbled between Wantz’s legs for an error.
Boston tacked on a run in the sixth when Yoshida ripped a comebacker off Blue Jays reliever Anthony Bass, which allowed Connor Wong to score from third, another in the seventh on a Yoshida RBI double and again in the eighth on a Kiké Hernández RBI single.
The Padres had a two-run lead on Sunday at Coors Field when a depleted bullpen could not take the baton cleanly after a 108-mph comebacker knocked Snell from the game.
The plan Friday was for Buehler to throw between 80-90 pitches, but he made just 27 before he got hit on a comebacker from Stockton first baseman Darlyn Montero.
Domingo Santana then walked to load the bases, but Littell got out of the jam when he got catcher Sandy Leon on a comebacker to start a 1-2-3 double play.
After Jose Ramirez’ pop-up fell between Jimenez and Rondon, the shortstop had a chance to turn a double play on Jake Bauers’ comebacker to right-hander Ivan Nova but his throw pulled first baseman Yonder Alonso off the bag.
Steven Duggar got an R.B.I. double on a comebacker that Gsellman tried to grab with his glove behind his back and rebounded toward shortstop, Pablo Sandoval added a two-run double off Héctor Santiago and Mike Yastrzemski added an R.B.I. single.
But Jason Oppong was retired on a comebacker and the Bears would have to wait a lot longer to get on the scoreboard.
Consecutive errors allowed the Lady Miners to load the bases in the bottom of the sixth but Loveless worked out of the jam with the help of a 1-2-3 doubleplay on a comebacker.