How to Use RBI in a Sentence

RBI

noun
  • Betts hit a first-inning homer, and Ohtani had a second-inning RBI single.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The game was the first three-homer game of Ohtani’s career and the first 10 RBI game of his career.
    Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Lovich subbed in for Diggs in right field in the fourth inning and went 3 for 3 with two RBI.
    Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Arias went 1 for 3 with a homer, a sacrifice fly and two RBI.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Place Alvarez in the batter’s box in a big spot, and an RBI is sure to follow.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 23 Sep. 2024
  • His stat line was remarkable: 6-for-6 at the plate, with 10 RBI and two doubles to go along with his three homers and two steals.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2024
  • At the very least, that would have been a score-tying RBI double had Villegas not made the grab of his life.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
  • Kim raced home from third, a sacrifice fly and RBI simply waiting for the bow.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • Flippen had the game-winning, eighth-inning, walk-off RBI in a 1-0 win over Australia.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Tyler Freeman, who added an RBI single, has hit safely in four straight games.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Need to know India can achieve economic growth of up to 8%, RBI governor says.
    Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Carroll got the scoring started in the second inning with an RBI triple into the right-center gap that brought home Grichuk.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
  • Nick Loftin then lifted a fly ball deep enough to right field for a game-winning sacrifice fly, his first career walk-off RBI.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2024
  • Miguel Rojas got the scoring started in extras, hammering a first-pitch sinker into left field for an RBI single.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Ohtani added a sacrifice fly in the ninth, extending his RBI streak to eight games (though his concurrent extra-base hit and run scored streaks ended at seven).
    Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 24 June 2024
  • Jurickson Profar also delivered an RBI single, and a wild pitch also brought in a run.
    Spencer Nusbaum, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
  • Betts doubled on a 99 mph fastball leading off and scored two pitches later when Seager pulled a curveball into right field for a single and his 19th postseason RBI.
    Rondald Blum, courant.com, 26 Oct. 2020

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