comebacker

plural comebackers

1. ball gamesA batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.

   It's a comebacker past second base for a single.

   3 more examples

   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.

   The next hitter, Jayson Werth, reached on a broken-bat infield single, and Greg Dobbs walked to load the bases, but Heilman induced a comebacker from Chris Coste to end the rally.

   2007 August 29, Ben Shpigel, “Two Hits, One Short and One Far, Beat the Mets”, in New York Times

2. One who makes a comeback.

   […] a successful comebacker at the party leadership and ministerial levels.

   2017, Michal Shamir, The Elections in Israel 2009, page 162