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passed ball

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Baseball a misplay by the catcher in which a pitch that could be caught or controlled is missed and a base runner advances to another base as a result

See passed ball in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Baseball

A pitch that should have been fielded by the catcher but was missed, allowing a runner to advance a base.

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