extra-base hit

American  

[ek-struh-beys] / ˈɛk strəˈbeɪs /

noun

Baseball.

1. a base hit that enables a batter to reach more than one base safely, as a two-base hit, three-base hit, or home run.

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Etymology

Origin of extra-base hit

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

He no longer needed an extra-base hit to tie the game; a blooper to the outfield would be enough.

From Los Angeles Times

There were big mistakes and even bigger swings, like when Shohei Ohtani got the Dodgers tied again in the bottom of the seventh by clobbering a first-pitch, down-the-middle fastball from Blue Jays reliever Seranthony Domínguez for a solo home run — matching a World Series single-game record with his fourth extra-base hit of the night.

From Los Angeles Times

But the home run, a 404-foot drive he pulled just inside the left-field foul pole, was his first extra-base hit of the playoffs, a sign the hand injury may finally be behind him.

From Los Angeles Times

After going without an extra-base hit in his first nine games of this postseason — in part, perhaps, because of the lingering side effects of his fractured hand in September — the All-Star catcher got a full-count fastball up and over the inner half of the plate.

From Los Angeles Times

Shohei Ohtani hooked a leadoff triple into the right-field corner, snapping his season-long seven-game drought without an extra-base hit.

From Los Angeles Times