home plate
noun
: a 5-sided rubber slab at one corner of a baseball diamond at which a batter stands when batting and which must be touched by a base runner in order to score
Examples of home plate in a Sentence
The runner was tagged out at home plate.
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The home plate umpire called an infield fly rule, which is used to prevent the defensive team from intentionally dropping a pop-up in hopes of turning a double play.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
Mendoza was ejected in the third inning for arguing balls and strikes with home plate umpire Emil Jimenez.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025
Called out trying to score on a base hit by Mila McKay, Uribe was the only player in SoCal’s lineup to not cross home plate in the inning.
—Dennis Pope, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
Then, after a firework showed the path of Aaron’s shot from home plate to left-center field, digital markings gave Aaron’s exact route around the bases to become better than Babe Ruth in career homers.
—Terence Moore, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
Mendoza was ejected in the third inning for arguing balls and strikes with home plate umpire Emil Jimenez.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025
Called out trying to score on a base hit by Mila McKay, Uribe was the only player in SoCal’s lineup to not cross home plate in the inning.
—Dennis Pope, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
Then, after a firework showed the path of Aaron’s shot from home plate to left-center field, digital markings gave Aaron’s exact route around the bases to become better than Babe Ruth in career homers.
—Terence Moore, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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