base hit
nounDefinition of base hit
: a hit in baseball that enables the batter to reach base safely without benefit of an error or fielder's choice
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Every once in a while some pessimist, the cockles of whose heart do not warm to a three base hit, sits up and takes notice long enough to remark that baseball is dying out… As a matter of fact the game is faster today than ever before. — Emma Baccellieri, SI.com, "A Brief History of the Many Times Baseball Has Died," 29 Aug. 2019 So in the course of the contest, base hits that required sprinting occurred only every half hour or so. — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Bored to death with baseball? Tennis has all the real action.," 21 Aug. 2019 Albert Pujols, who doubled and chugged home on Brian Goodwin’s two-base hit in the fourth, just missed his 20th homer in the fifth. — Los Angeles Times, "Angels blow lead and lose to Rangers in walk-off fashion again," 21 Aug. 2019 Nary an extra base hit factored in any of the A’s scoring. — Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com, "Singular win for A’s, their third in a row over Astros," 17 Aug. 2019 Nguyen, known under his stage name Dango Nu Yen, appeared in several episodes of the third season of the Atlanta-based hit show about a zombie apocalypse. — Melissa Alonso And Hollie Silverman, CNN, "'Walking Dead' actor and former firefighter dies after battle with cancer," 12 Aug. 2019 Nguyen, known under his stage name Dango Nu Yen, appeared in several episodes of the third season of the Atlanta-based hit show about a zombie apocalypse. — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, "‘Walking Dead’ actor dies after battle with cancer," 12 Aug. 2019 Of those 27 fastballs, 16 were either balls (13) or base hits (three). — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Logan Allen might have impressed Padres more in Tuesday’s start against Orioles," 25 June 2019 Konermann hit a one-out double to center and scored on a Davis base hit to left. — Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, "Kelsie Houchens' perfect game propels Male softball past Boyle County in state semifinals," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'base hit.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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