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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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of base hit1
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Example Sentences
Balls up the middle or through the hole in right were base hits for a century — until organizations decided to swallow them up with defensive shifts.
If the ring is thrown over one of the "base-hit" or "two-bagger" pegs, it shows the number of bases secured.
Chance was up first in the ninth and he pushed a base hit to right field.
A hit which gains him a single base only is called a "base hit."
He was flabbergasted for a while,” replied Joe, “but he finally called it a two-base hit and let it go at that.
This advice was heeded, and as a result the next man got to first and on another one-base hit managed to reach third.
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