Sentence:  Rookie southpaw George Stepanovich relieved Hyde at the start of the ninth and gave up the A 's fifth tally on a walk to second baseman Dick Howser , a <WSD>wild</WSD> pitch , and Frank Cipriani 's single under Shortstop Jerry Adair 's glove into center . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base