bat in
phrasal verb
batted in; batting in; bats in
baseball
: to hit the ball in a way that makes it possible for a run to score
He batted in 70 runs last year.
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This is a better team with Bregman at 3B and Devers’ bat in the lineup somewhere, period.
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Tony Blengino, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
The 28-year-old is a native of Venezuela, like Alvarez, but will have a hard time replacing his bat in the Mets' potent lineup.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
Sigmon was sentenced to death in 2002 for beating his ex-girlfriend’s parents, David and Gladys Larke, to death with a baseball bat in their Greenville County home in 2001.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
The explosive court documents were obtained by DailyMail and accuses Diddy of brandishing a baseball bat in 1996 to intimidate Burrowes into signing over his 25 percent stake in the label to Janice Smalls-Combs, his mother.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Tony Blengino, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
The 28-year-old is a native of Venezuela, like Alvarez, but will have a hard time replacing his bat in the Mets' potent lineup.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
Sigmon was sentenced to death in 2002 for beating his ex-girlfriend’s parents, David and Gladys Larke, to death with a baseball bat in their Greenville County home in 2001.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
The explosive court documents were obtained by DailyMail and accuses Diddy of brandishing a baseball bat in 1996 to intimidate Burrowes into signing over his 25 percent stake in the label to Janice Smalls-Combs, his mother.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Bat in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bat%20in. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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