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runner
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runner or stolon, slender, creeping stem capable of taking root where its nodes touch the ground and thereby producing new shoots. The runner itself usually dies at the end of the season, leaving independent new plants. Among the plants that propagate by means of runners are the strawberry, the black raspberry, white clover, and some grasses.

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As infielders, hold your spots on a full count with two outs and a base runner stealing.
Shappi did not allow a base runner to second until the sixth inning, when Kris Dufner doubled, and did not allow a run until Josh Asanovich hit a solo home run in the eighth inning.
Like a base runner caught taking too big a lead, farmers can run ahead with what is cheap and effective for now or try to outmaneuver current and potential weed resistance.
 
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