base hit
noun
: a hit in baseball that enables the batter to reach base safely without benefit of an error or fielder's choice
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Blanco legged out a bunt single and a base hit by Renfroe drove home Fermin and Nelson Velazquez, who’d singled during the rally.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2024
Carter Enoch followed with a line-drive base hit to right-center.
—Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 11 May 2024
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2024
Carter Enoch followed with a line-drive base hit to right-center.
—Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 11 May 2024
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“Base hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20hit. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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