full count
noun
baseball
: a situation in which the count to the batter is two strikes and three balls
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Starter Simeon Woods Richardson had a full count on KC’s Jonathan India.
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
Cannon retired the first two batters in the fourth, exiting after striking out Justyn-Henry Malloy in a sequence that went from 0-2 to a full count.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Veteran hitter Nick Castellanos then worked a full count against Duran and drilled a fastball to right for a two-run double.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
De Vries, who had gone down 0-2 before working to a full count, scored the Padres’ only run.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
Cannon retired the first two batters in the fourth, exiting after striking out Justyn-Henry Malloy in a sequence that went from 0-2 to a full count.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Veteran hitter Nick Castellanos then worked a full count against Duran and drilled a fastball to right for a two-run double.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
De Vries, who had gone down 0-2 before working to a full count, scored the Padres’ only run.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Full count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20count. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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