How to Use base hit in a Sentence

base hit

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  • Bunting for a base hit is a smart play … unless your team doesn’t have a hit yet.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 6 July 2019
  • Their only extra base hits were two doubles from Young.
    — Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
  • Bart was hitless in two at-bats; Ramos and Mateo each had base hits.
    — Pat McManamon, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2019
  • Cain was then robbed of a base hit in the seventh on a diving play in center by Marte.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2019
  • Caleb Smith had a base hit and reached base twice and Jonah Smith added two hits.
    — Alex Kushel, sun-sentinel.com, 11 July 2019
  • Springman singled with one out, and Mack followed with another base hit.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2019
  • Devers started the inning with a single and Vazquez was credited with a double when no one covered second base on his base hit.
    — Julian McWilliams, courant.com, 7 July 2019
  • Yasiel Puig opened the sixth with a hustle double when Yelich didn't field his base hit to left with enough urgency, then wound up on third on a one-out single to right by Phillip Ervin.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 July 2019
  • The first pitch of the inning was a line drive base hit to right field.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The Mariners got on the board in the first when Luis Torrens' base hit drove in Haniger.
    — Joe Reedy, Star Tribune, 17 July 2021
  • The base hit scored Bullard, who had led off the inning with a walk.
    — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2021
  • Guys shorten up, put the ball in play, try to get a base hit.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 30 Mar. 2023
  • One through eight can beat you on a long ball or base hit.
    — Steve Overbey, ajc, 4 Aug. 2021
  • But his base hit in the eighth set up Gimenez’s heroics.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 30 May 2022
  • And, one of the game’s all-time greats can still get a base hit against some of the world’s best pitchers.
    — NBC News, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Now the Dodgers don’t need the muscle of Gibson as much as a base hit.
    — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2021
  • When Bieber gave up a base hit with two outs in the eighth inning, Jose Siri came to the plate.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Wood twice struck out the six-time All-Star and was pulled once Votto got the base hit.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 May 2022
  • Pitt on a walk-off base hit from Bryce Hulett in the bottom of the ninth inning.
    — Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal, 25 May 2022
  • Gibbons also knocked in two more in the fifth with a base hit.
    — Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Kwan then dropped a base hit into left and Boone brought in Schmidt.
    — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2022
  • In the top of the third, Mt. Hebron’s Emma Kim ripped a base hit up the middle for a 2-1 lead.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Rosario was aboard with his third hit of the game and Straw had led off the Cleveland fifth with a bunt base hit.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Haniger was the only batter to hit the ball hard enough to threaten a base hit.
    — Tim Booth, orlandosentinel.com, 19 May 2021
  • Great hitters hit pitches out of the strike zone … for base hits.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Hibbard knocked in Mathis with a base hit in the sixth to make it 8-1.
    — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 4 June 2022
  • Then Lance Takamura stepped to the plate and lined a base hit to left-center.
    — Glenn Reeves, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
  • Indeed, the base hit put the Astros ahead 2-1, and a Texas-style winding broke out.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Next up, Pusheck laced a base hit to center field, giving Glenelg its first lead of the day.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2022
  • On the next play, a Taylor Nickols base hit scored the tying run.
    — Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2022

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