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Roll pitch in the middle of batter's block (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bunt

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'roll' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'pitch in the middle of batter's block' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bun' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for bunt that I've seen before include "Shot in baseball" , "hit with head" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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