infield hit

noun

: a base hit on a ball that does not leave the infield

Examples of infield hit in a Sentence

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Andrew Benintendi had an infield hit in the fourth and Brooks Baldwin singled in the sixth. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025 On Thursday, Witt reached first base in 3.96 seconds to record the infield hit. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025 The right-hander from Aptos, Calif., threw 78 pitches over 5 innings and allowed an infield hit, a walk and one hit batsman. Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2025 Because Edwards came to the plate with two outs in the ninth, still a single short of the cycle, and then did this … An infield hit with two outs in the ninth to complete a cycle? Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for infield hit

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of infield hit was in 1907

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“Infield hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infield%20hit. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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