NOUN
- (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
How To Use base hit In A Sentence
- Rod Carew, another Twins great, batted from the left side as he racked up base hits seemingly at will. The Mall of America
- To some, all the groundball base hits were proof that this offense is multi-dimensional. Balls Take Yankee Bounce
- The pitcher throws the ball and the batter tries to hit it on the playing field to get a" base hit" .
- Until 1995, no player with at least 20 home runs had ever collected more four-baggers than base hits in a single-season.
- Shields bedeviled the Yankees with his changeup, not allowing an extra-base hit until the seventh, when he gave up two doubles for the only Yankee run. Yanks' Sabathia Loses Latest Battle of the Aces
- And not an especially good idea on a surface where infield grounders quickly become base hits.
- Utley, who leads the league in homers (11), extra-base hits (21) and slugging, is a big reason why the Phillies went 15-12 in April, their best start since 2003. USATODAY.com
- A base hit should get the runner to third base, and a groundout usually advances him to second.
- A chart in the July issue of Baseball Digest listed switch-hitters with the most extra-base hits in a season.
- He makes them a more dynamic team, with his ability to steal bases and go from first to third on base hits.