crowd the plate

Translations
загораживать тарелку
The batter tends to crowd the plate, making it difficult for the pitcher.
Бьющий склонен загромождать тарелку, затрудняя задачу питчеру.
Definitions
In baseball, 'crowd the plate' means for a batter to stand very close to home plate when batting, often to make it harder for the pitcher to throw inside pitches without risking hitting the batter.
Words
crowd

verb
теснить
the

article or possessive pronoun
определённый
plate

noun
плита