How to Use RBI in a Sentence
RBI
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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
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Arias went 1 for 3 with a homer, a sacrifice fly and two RBI.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
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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
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Kim raced home from third, a sacrifice fly and RBI simply waiting for the bow.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
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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
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Tyler Freeman, who added an RBI single, has hit safely in four straight games.
—Joe Noga, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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Jurickson Profar also delivered an RBI single, and a wild pitch also brought in a run.
—Spencer Nusbaum, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
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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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