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Base running
In baseball, the act of running from base to base, performed by a member of the team at bat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In baseball, base running is the act of running from base to base, performed by members of the team at bat.
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Base running is a tactical part of the game with the goal of eventually reaching home base (home plate) to score a run. Batters strive to become base runners, and to enable existing base runners to move to a subsequent base or to score. In statistics, the number of baserunners (for example those allowed by a pitcher) is denoted by the abbreviation BR.[1]