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base hit

NOUN
hit allowing baseball player to advance
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On the fifth pitch of his second at-bat versus Yamamoto, Kim ripped a base hit to right field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

George Springer led off with a base hit, was bunted over to second base and advanced to third on a wild pitch.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025

Ryan O’Hearn moved him to third with another base hit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2025

“Say your first baseman gets a base hit in a tie game leading off the ninth inning,” said Perry Hill, who coached Seattle’s Dylan Moore to a Gold Glove as a utility player last season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025

A little bingo is an old-school baseball term that means get a base hit.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner



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