Noun
comebacker (plural comebackers)
(baseball) A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.
It's a comebacker past second base for a single.
The pitcher fields the comebacker and throws it to first for the out.
Hendricks was only able to throw 52 pitches, surrendering two runs in 3.2 innings before being forced out of action when Angel Pagan's comebacker hit his right forearm.
Hernan Perez struck out before the Brewers took a 2-1 lead with the help of two hit batters, a bases-loaded walk to Yelich and Lorenzo Cain's comebacker that glanced off Eflin. Source: Internet
The count reached 3-2 and Smith fouled off a pitch, but the eighth of his at-bat was a comebacker to Fischer, who fired to catcher Brenden Stewart for a rare 1-2-3 double play. Source: Internet
He was hit by a comebacker and pitched through it for three starts. Source: Internet
Sammy Solis knocked down Brett Gardner’s comebacker with a runner on third for the final out of the seventh. Source: Internet