wild pitch
noun Baseball.
a pitched ball that the catcher misses and could not be expected to catch, resulting in a base runner's or runners' advancing one or more bases or the batter's reaching first base safely.
Compare
passed ball.
Origin of wild pitch
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Words nearby wild pitch
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Idioms and Phrases with wild pitch
wild pitch
A careless statement or action, as in Calling comic books great literature—that's a wild pitch. This term comes from baseball, where it signifies a pitched ball so far off target that the catcher misses it, enabling a base runner to advance. [Mid-1900s]