extra-base hit
noun
: a hit in baseball that lets the batter take more than one base : a double, triple, or home run
He was on pace to collect 107 extra-base hits. (Only Babe Ruth, with 119 in 1921, and Lou Gehrig, with 117 in '27, had more.)—
Tom Verducci
Tom VerducciDespite missing 17 games with a thigh injury, he has 10 home runs and ranks second on the team in runs batted in, is third in extra-base hits and fifth in runs scored.—Michael Martinez
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The Cardinals scored two batters into the game on consecutive extra-base hits from Rafael Furcal and Skip Schumaker.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Valenzuela’s double was the game’s only extra-base hit.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
Ward went 0 for 4 and had his franchise-record streak of 10 consecutive games with an extra-base hit come to an end.
—Miami Herald, 26 May 2025
The 31-year-old former first-round pick tallied a hit in each game of the eight-win run, hitting a home run in five of the contests amid a 10-game hitting streak and franchise-tying nine-game extra-base hit streak.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
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Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Valenzuela’s double was the game’s only extra-base hit.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
Ward went 0 for 4 and had his franchise-record streak of 10 consecutive games with an extra-base hit come to an end.
—Miami Herald, 26 May 2025
The 31-year-old former first-round pick tallied a hit in each game of the eight-win run, hitting a home run in five of the contests amid a 10-game hitting streak and franchise-tying nine-game extra-base hit streak.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
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“Extra-base hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extra-base%20hit. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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