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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The veteran major-leaguer — who has spent the majority of his career as a catcher — showed athleticism in the first inning, hustling to get an out at first base after starting pitcher Kris Bubic took a comebacker off his shin.
—Maddie Hartley
july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
The Yankees reliever became frustrated when the 23-year-old didn’t run out a comebacker to the mound late in the game.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
McCullers fielded Carter’s comebacker but uncorked a relay throw that resembled his sinker, tailing down toward the bag and away from Peña’s chest-high target.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Sean Reynolds, Jeremiah Estrada and Adrian Morejon kept the Dodgers in check through the eighth inning – but only after Morejon created his own trouble with a throwing error on a soft comebacker off Ohtani’s bat.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 10 June 2025
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Maddie Hartley
july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
The Yankees reliever became frustrated when the 23-year-old didn’t run out a comebacker to the mound late in the game.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
McCullers fielded Carter’s comebacker but uncorked a relay throw that resembled his sinker, tailing down toward the bag and away from Peña’s chest-high target.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Sean Reynolds, Jeremiah Estrada and Adrian Morejon kept the Dodgers in check through the eighth inning – but only after Morejon created his own trouble with a throwing error on a soft comebacker off Ohtani’s bat.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 10 June 2025
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“Comebacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comebacker. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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