third base

Short-stop must be a quick and accurate thrower and a lively fielder, as he is required to back up second- and third-base.

If successful this play results in a safe hit, while the runner not infrequently makes, not only second, but third-base as well.

Another instance of team batting is when a runner is on third-base and the batsman signals that he will hit the next ball.

Ezra B. Sutton then ranked as one of the best third-base players in the country.

But Dreer bunted the first ball teasingly down the third-base line.