代だい走そう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

pinch runner; substitute runner

Baseball term for a player who replaces another runner on base. Also used as a suru-verb for the act of pinch running.

See also: ピンチランナー

• 彼かれは代だい走そうとして試し合あいに出でた。

  He entered the game as a pinch runner.

• 九きゅう回かいに代だい走そうを送おくった。

  They sent in a pinch runner in the ninth inning.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

substitute; stand-in

Extended use outside baseball: a person who temporarily takes over a role or task for someone else. Often used in business or event contexts.

• 急きゅう病びょうの講こう師しの代だい走そうを頼たのまれた。

  I was asked to substitute for the lecturer who suddenly fell ill.