Vocabulary

fielder's choice

野手(やしゅ)の選択(せんたく)

C1 · Advanced Common

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Idiom
A situation in baseball in which a batter reaches base safely because the fielder attempts to put out another base runner on the play.
野手(のて)が別(べつ)の走者(そうしゃ)をアウトにする為(ため)、打者(だしゃ)を無事(ぶじ)に一塁(いちるい)ベースに到達(とうたつ)させる野球(やきゅう)の状況(じょうきょう)。

Examples

  1. Jones reached base on a fielder's choice at second base.

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