How to Use base hit in a Sentence

base hit

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  • Two-out double by Mercer and then a base hit by the pitcher to get the first run in.
    — Adam Baum, Cincinnati.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Four consecutive base hits in the top of the third opened up what would be a five-run third inning.
    — azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The giant outfield area creates base hits out of ordinary fly balls.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Pinnacle would open the inning with two base hits and two doubles to give Pinnacle a 3-1 lead.
    — Jorge Ramos, azcentral, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Gibbons added a run in the bottom of the fourth when Cerquozzi drove in Mike Sarakinis, who doubled, with a two-out base hit.
    — David Furones, Sun-Sentinel.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Yet, the Astros arrived here Saturday, in dire need of the backbreaking base hit eluding them.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2018
  • And after Schebler's efforts, Phil Gosselin brought home what amounted to the deciding run on a base hit in the sixth.
    — Keith Jenkins, Cincinnati.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Right fielder Michael Tincenor started the rally with a single through the left side and Eidem followed with a base hit to left.
    — Jeff Tully, latimes.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Flanagan got one of those back in the bottom of the frame when Daniel Rodriguez drove Tyler Epstein in on a base hit up the middle.
    — David Furones, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Gozzo, who celebrated his 20th birthday Thursday, preceded him with a base hit to left field.
    — NOLA.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Ohtani recorded one out in the seventh inning before allowing a sharp base hit to left field by Marcus Semien, ending his bid at history.
    — Nihal Kolur, SI.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • FSU’s Drew Mendoza continues to stay hot, posting his eighth consecutive game with an extra base hit.
    — Katherine Wright, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • But the movie is more of an on-base hit than a home run.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 May 2018
  • 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
  • The base hit to Moose, (Christian) Yelich had got a great jump on it.
    — Maria Torres, kansascity, 25 Apr. 2018
  • One through eight can beat you on a long ball or base hit.
    — Steve Overbey, ajc, 4 Aug. 2021
  • LF Luke Williams went 3-for-5, driving in a run with a base hit to right in the fourth.
    — Nick Tricome, Philly.com, 3 July 2018
  • Tecza helped his own cause with two base hits and two RBI.
    — Emmett Hall, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 June 2018
  • 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
  • That would be 5-for-5 with two extra base hits for those of you counting at home.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
  • The kind of speed that makes an infielder come up from a diving stab and concede the base hit rather than waste a throw.
    — Michael Lee, Washington Post, 18 July 2024

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