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pinch runner noun[ C ] uk /ˌpɪntʃ ˈrʌn.ər/ us /ˌpɪntʃ ˈrʌn.ɚ/ in baseball, a player who comes into a game to replace another player who has successfully reached one of the bases(= one of the four positions that a player must reach to score a point): He entered the game in the eighth inning as a pinch runner. The injured player had to be replaced by a pinch runner. They used him mainly as a pinch runner and as a defensive replacement in the late innings. After Barnes hit a double, the manager brought in the speedy Davis as a pinch runner. The pinch runner stole second base, then scored on a base hit to right field. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the hornidiom at bat bomb curve heater hit the ball out of the parkidiom hitting coach home plate home stand horsehide sac spitter split-fingered fastball splitter squeeze play starting pitcher swing |