knock in
phrasal verb
knocked in; knocking in; knocks in
baseball
: to cause (a run or runner) to score
He knocked in a run in the second inning with a double to left field.
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Younghoe Koo knocks in a 41-yard field goal for Atlanta.
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Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
Freeman, who sat out three playoff games with a gimpy ankle, stole the thunder from the Yanks’ Giancarlo Stanton, who’d knocked in a two-run homer to left in the top of the sixth to give New York a 2-1 lead.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2024
The other three runs were all knocked in with two-out hits, something the Cubs had struggled with mightily before this hot stretch of seven wins in eight games.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 12 July 2024
Freeman, like Ohtani battling through injury, picked up the World Series MVP award, knocking in two of the Dodgers’ runs tonight to give him a World Series-record 12 RBIs.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
Freeman, who sat out three playoff games with a gimpy ankle, stole the thunder from the Yanks’ Giancarlo Stanton, who’d knocked in a two-run homer to left in the top of the sixth to give New York a 2-1 lead.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2024
The other three runs were all knocked in with two-out hits, something the Cubs had struggled with mightily before this hot stretch of seven wins in eight games.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 12 July 2024
Freeman, like Ohtani battling through injury, picked up the World Series MVP award, knocking in two of the Dodgers’ runs tonight to give him a World Series-record 12 RBIs.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Knock in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knock%20in. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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