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three-base hit

[three-beys] / ˈθriˌbeɪs /
NOUN
baseball hit allowing batter to get to third base
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Jaso’s triple gave the Pirates a three-base hit in each of the first three games of a season for the first time since 1910, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2016

Stepping to bat with two out and two on base, "Red" Rolfe of the Yankees then walloped a three-base hit, scoring himself a minute later.

From Time Magazine Archive

It amounted to a three-base hit and won the game for the Cardinals by the score of 2 to 1.

From Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside by Mathewson, Christy

He was responsible for six of the seven runs, bringing in three men with one three-base hit, while he himself managed to score on a poor throw.

From The University of Michigan by Shaw, Wilfred

So that is how we started in To do our share—the Navy's "bit"; They were surprised, but Admiral Sims Had surely made a three-base hit With what he said....

From With the Colors Songs of the American Service by Appleton, Everard Jack



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