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base hit
noun
a fair ball enabling the batter to reach base without the commission of an error in the field or the making of a force-out or fielder's choice on another base runner.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of base hit1
Example Sentences
A base hit through the middle scored the next run before Oregon State went back to the bunt to score the fourth run, prompting the crowd to start chanting “Small Ball! Small Ball! Small Ball!”
In the second, third baseman Max Muncy spiked a throw to first on a slow-rolling grounder that led to another preventable score, even though his miscue was also ruled a base hit.
In the eighth, he tacked on another base hit when a ground ball to first was deflected.
Congratulations @SammyLopes13 on his 100th career varsity base hit against Corona last Saturday 3/1/25.
“Say your first baseman gets a base hit in a tie game leading off the ninth inning,” said Perry Hill, who coached Seattle’s Dylan Moore to a Gold Glove as a utility player last season.
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