HyperDic: wild_pitch

English > 1 sense of the expression *wild pitch*:
NOUN	act	wild pitch	an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base

English > *wild pitch*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	An errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base.
Broader	pitch, delivery	(baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter