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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The junior finished the season batting .349 with four home runs, 22 RBIs and 11 extra base hits.
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Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2024
Then Lance Takamura stepped to the plate and lined a base hit to left-center.
—Glenn Reeves, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Taking advantage of base running opportunities creates extra scoring chances that are valuable if base hits are hard to come by.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2024
In the fifth, Stanford’s Emily Jones and Kaitlyn Lim both bunted for base hits to put runners on first and second with no outs.
—Tim Willert, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024
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Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2024
Then Lance Takamura stepped to the plate and lined a base hit to left-center.
—Glenn Reeves, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Taking advantage of base running opportunities creates extra scoring chances that are valuable if base hits are hard to come by.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2024
In the fifth, Stanford’s Emily Jones and Kaitlyn Lim both bunted for base hits to put runners on first and second with no outs.
—Tim Willert, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024
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“Base hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20hit. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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