Related Clues:

• Small cover moved smoothly
• Dropped, as poll numbers
• Hit the dirt at second
• Arrived home evasively
• Dropped a bit
• Completed a stolen-base attempt, say
• Came home in a cloud of dust
• Tried to steal second, maybe
• Rode (down), as a banister
• Went into a base head first
• Fell some
• Took a tumble, as the stock market
• Got home safely, in a way
• Dove into home, say
• Eluded a baseman