base hit
noun
: 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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Meni went to second base on Christian Robinson’s base hit in the first base/second base hole, and Meni and Robinson advanced to third and second on Lazer Rojas’ sacrifice bunt for the inning’s first out.
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Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2025
Beyond its occasional cinematic qualities — the close-up drama of stoic pitchers versus watchful hitters and all that — the game does make an effective metaphor for life itself, with its many failed at-bats and fleeting glories, its constant tension between the big swing and the humble base hit.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
The bats just couldn't get going for Los Angeles as the team recorded just five hits, with only one extra base hit, a double from Michael Conforto.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
In the fifth game, against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, the left fielder allowed a base hit to roll under his glove.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2025
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Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2025
Beyond its occasional cinematic qualities — the close-up drama of stoic pitchers versus watchful hitters and all that — the game does make an effective metaphor for life itself, with its many failed at-bats and fleeting glories, its constant tension between the big swing and the humble base hit.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
The bats just couldn't get going for Los Angeles as the team recorded just five hits, with only one extra base hit, a double from Michael Conforto.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
In the fifth game, against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, the left fielder allowed a base hit to roll under his glove.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Base hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20hit. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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