Word Network: pitcher

A person whose job is to watch a sports match and make sure that players follow the rules. They are the official judge in sports like tennis, baseball, and cricket.

As a noun, batter is a semi-liquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water used in cooking, especially for making cakes, pancakes, or for coating food before frying. As a verb, it means to strike repeatedly with hard blows, or to damage something through persistent force or use.

Baseball is a team sport played with a bat, a ball, and gloves on a field with four bases. Two teams of nine players take turns hitting the ball and trying to run around the bases to score points called runs.

A pitch is an area of ground marked out for playing a sports game, such as football, cricket, or rugby. It is usually a flat surface covered with grass or artificial grass.