sacrifice hit
Example Sentences
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Then, on a sacrifice hit, he advanced to second.
From The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds by Stratemeyer, Edward
Wherever a state has become great or a cause victorious, wherever a hero--a Socrates or a Christ--has appeared among men, there has been the willingness, when necessary, to make the "sacrifice hit."
From The Minister and the Boy A Handbook for Churchmen Engaged in Boys' Work by Hoben, Allan
Then came a sacrifice hit by Spud, that advanced the runner to third, and on another one-base hit, this run came in amid a wild cheering by the Brill followers.
From The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds by Stratemeyer, Edward
If you are, I suppose you know what is meant by a sacrifice hit.
From Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls by Chidley, Howard J. (Howard James)
Socrates, an old Greek, made a sacrifice hit when he was put to death in prison with poison, because he wanted to make the young men of Athens wiser.
From Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls by Chidley, Howard J. (Howard James)
