rake
v.— «You have to tip your hat to Doc. To no-hit a team that can flat-out rake the ball is pretty unbelievable.» —“Gooden Enough! Outcast Pitcher Tosses No-Hitter” by Jim Street Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Wash.) May 15, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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