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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Two days later, Baltimore’s Spenser Watkins was hit by a 106 mph comebacker and Gillaspie was called back up.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
Moncada followed the wild pitch with the comebacker just off Clevinger’s mitt.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
And even after he’d routinely get pelted with comebackers.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2025
Jose Marte came in from the bullpen and ended the threat by getting Colt Keith on a soft comebacker.
—Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 28 June 2024
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
Moncada followed the wild pitch with the comebacker just off Clevinger’s mitt.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
And even after he’d routinely get pelted with comebackers.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2025
Jose Marte came in from the bullpen and ended the threat by getting Colt Keith on a soft comebacker.
—Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 28 June 2024
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“Comebacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comebacker. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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