Sentence examples for stretch runner from inspiring English sources
But, on a wet track labeled good, which had favored front-running speed all afternoon, Scorpion pulled off his best impersonation of the famed stretch runner Silky Sullivan.
As others completed the stretch, the runner was still not back.
Rules were changed so that base runners can lead off and pitchers can throw from the stretch with runners on.
The Yankees endured an 0-for-25 stretch with runners in scoring position this series, and still, they lead emphatically.
Beltran struck out then Delgado continued the Mets' miserable stretch with runners in scoring position and two outs — going into Thursday's game they were 4 for 30.
Left to its own devices, the world is still planning to spend the next decade or two mostly limbering up, engaging in the kind of impressive-looking stretching that runners enjoy at the start line.
Runners stretch their hamstrings before hitting the pavement, gymnasts do hyper-splits during their warm-ups and yogis wind down their practice with some forward bends.
Her runners stretched but, Dr. Ingraham said, stretching "did not seem to do what we'd been schooled about all our lives — it did not prevent injuries".
I bent forward in a runner's stretch that made my back ache and my hamstrings burn.
I did amazingly well in the field (even a nice long stretch to get one runner out chugging down the base path), but sucked at the plate.
