safe hit
Example Sentences
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One safe hit to the outfield was all they needed, and they sent a pinch-hitter to the bat to bring in the fellows that were dancing about on the bases.
From Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball by J. W. Duffield
If successful this play results in a safe hit, while the runner not infrequently makes, not only second, but third-base as well.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
It's the seventh, and Place hasn't made a safe hit!
From The Young Pitcher by Zane Grey
After two strikes, one of them a foul, Rigby managed to get a safe hit to first.
From The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields by Edward Stratemeyer
Mullin of Detroit and Hamilton of St. Louis added their names to the list of hurlers who have held opponents without a safe hit in nine innings.
From Spalding's Official Baseball Guide - 1913 by
