How to Use extra-base hit in a Sentence
extra-base hit
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The home run was Jones' first extra-base hit of the season.
— George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2018 -
Gordon has a seven-game hitting streak with extra-base hits in six of the seven games.
— Miami Herald, 30 June 2024 -
Votto entered Tuesday with no home runs and just one extra-base hit (a double) all year.
— Tom Groeschen, Cincinnati.com, 24 Apr. 2018 -
His current hot streak includes homers off two of the Cy Young winners and extra-base hits against all three.
— Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 4 May 2018 -
Andujar drove home a run in the sixth with his second double, giving him 10 extra-base hits in his last six games.
— Mike Fitzpatrick, courant.com, 23 Apr. 2018 -
De La Salle recorded six extra-base hits - four doubles and two home runs - in the 10-inning series.
— Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 28 Apr. 2018 -
Chris Young's solo homer in the fifth was their only extra-base hit against a Red Sox team that is now 16-2.
— Jeff Miller, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018 -
An extra-base hit from the pitcher’s spot in the No.9 hole, where the Astros were ready to use a pinch hitter, could have derailed everything.
— Bob McManaman, azcentral, 5 May 2018 -
Now, the second baseman is merely leading the National League with nine home runs and 22 extra-base hits, and looks like an All-Star shoo-in.
— Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 1 May 2018 -
At the end of his 10th season with the Cardinals, Pujols held records for most home runs, doubles, extra-base hits, and total bases through a player’s first decade in the major leagues.
— Alex Putterman, The Atlantic, 5 May 2018 -
The extra-base hit put the Mariners ahead, 1-0, in the first inning.
— Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2023 -
Kemp doubled to open the sixth, the A’s first extra-base hit.
— Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 2021 -
The only extra-base hit came with two outs and two strikes in the ninth.
— Evan Grant, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2021 -
Davis’ big fly was the Gators’ only extra-base hit of the day.
— Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2022 -
Yan Gomes got the first extra-base hit of the game: a double to lead off the bottom of the frame.
— David Waldstein, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2019 -
The Cubs had a runner on base, and an extra-base hit here in the third could have changed the game.
— Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 26 May 2022 -
Gina Allen had the first extra-base hit of the game, a one-out double in the ninth.
— oregonlive, 7 June 2022 -
The two-run double in the third was the third extra-base hit in a span of 23 games for Martinez. ...
— George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2018 -
José Iglesias added a triple, his third extra-base hit of the spring.
— Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021 -
In the loss, Aberdeen was held to four hits and the 'Birds failed to get an extra-base hit in the series.
— baltimoresun.com, 8 Aug. 2019 -
Mancini has hit in 10 straight games and has an extra-base hit in the last six.
— David Ginsburg, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021 -
The balls that he barrels are in the gap and driven for base hits and extra-base hits.
— Bob Brookover, https://www.inquirer.com, 4 June 2019 -
All four of those hits were above 100 miles per hour off the bat and all four were extra-base hits.
— Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 25 Aug. 2019 -
Ramirez is just 3-for-13 against Berrios with no extra-base hits and just one RBI.
— Michael Beller, SI.com, 28 May 2018 -
The rookie has an extra-base hit in six straight starts.
— Joe Noga, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2023 -
Greiner’s hit was the Tigers’ only extra-base hit of the game.
— Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2018 -
Kim had the game’s only extra-base hit, a two-out double in the third.
— Randy McRoberts, The Aegis, 22 May 2018 -
Their lone extra-base hit was a one-out triple in the third by Jorge Alfaro.
— Matt Breen, Philly.com, 3 June 2018 -
The Astros pulled ahead in the eighth without an extra-base hit.
— Chron, 28 Apr. 2021 -
Mullins dazzled on both sides, making a leaping grab at the warning track to rob Manny Machado of an extra-base hit in the eighth and driving in two runs of his own in Baltimore’s six-run third.
— Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2024
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