Sentence examples for advancing to first base from inspiring English sources

To pet, when it's not a cute old American term for advancing to first base, is to coax.

Another, from the Times: 6d Mentioned pet getting soft drinks (5) To pet, when it's not a cute old American term for advancing to first base, is to coax.

He tied an eventual 7 4 loss to the Mets on May 14 with a single in the eighth inning, but he strained a hamstring advancing to first base and had to leave the game with an injury.

After walking to lead off the seventh inning and advancing to third base, Martin was tagged out at home trying to score on a ground ball by Ichiro Suzuki.

This prevented Burleson from advancing to third base.

In the first game of a doubleheader against the Cardinals, Hornsby broke his ankle while advancing to third base.

Jimmy Rollins had teammate Chase Utley to thank for advancing to second base in the fourth inning of Philadelphia's win over Washington on Monday.

Dodgers phenom Yasiel Puig showed off his arm on Wednesday night when Mets outfielder Marlon Byrd tried advancing to third base on a bloop single to right field.

Ellis Whitman, who hit a two-run double to even the score with no outs (advancing to third base on that sequence with a wild throw to home), was stranded in scoring position.

The Twins responded in the bottom of the inning, with Matt Tolbert singling to lead off the inning, advancing to second base on a single by Denard Span, and then moving to third on a flyball out.

Cliff Floyd extended the Rays' lead to four runs after leading off the bottom of the fourth inning with a single, advancing to third base, and scoring on a Jason Bartlett sacrifice bunt.