comebacker
noun
come·back·er
ˈkəm-ˌba-kər 
plural comebackers
1
baseball
: a ground ball hit directly to the pitcher
… Cormier had retired Mo Vaughn … on a weak comebacker to the mound to end the seventh.—
Gordon Edes
Gordon Edes2
golf
: a putt back to the hole after a preceding putt has rolled past it
After pitching to within 20 feet of the pin, Junior runs his first putt four feet past and then misses the comebacker.—Jaime Diaz
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Holmes suffered the fracture after being struck by Yankees rookie Spencer Jones’ 111-mph comebacker in the fourth inning of a 5-2 Mets loss on Friday.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
About the only trouble Schlittler encountered came in the form of a couple of sharp comebackers that dinged him on his left foot and calf before being converted into groundouts by his infielders.
—CBS News, 15 May 2026
Detmers also was hit in the hamstring by a comebacker for an infield hit.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
In that game, Estevez took a comebacker off his left foot.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
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Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
About the only trouble Schlittler encountered came in the form of a couple of sharp comebackers that dinged him on his left foot and calf before being converted into groundouts by his infielders.
—CBS News, 15 May 2026
Detmers also was hit in the hamstring by a comebacker for an infield hit.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
In that game, Estevez took a comebacker off his left foot.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
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“Comebacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comebacker. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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