Definition of base hit
: 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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Ever Sheplee threw out both runners who reached base and Crystal Lin had the only extra base hit of the game with a double.
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Hough has set single-season school records for on-base percentage (.444), slugging average (.496), extra base hits (93) and home runs (19).
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Sharon was a solid two-way player at Division III Concordia University in Mequon, Wis., posting a .320 career batting average with 42 extra base hits in 139 games.
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Dave Roberts was brought off the bench, stole second and scored on Bill Mueller’s base hit.
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Andujar had just vanquished Cody Allen, the superb closer for the Cleveland Indians, with a base hit, and his fellow Yankees wanted to shower him with celebratory hugs and a lot of Gatorade.
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The Marlins’ only extra base hit until the ninth was Urena’s double in the fifth inning.
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In the bottom of the second with two outs, Nicco Chuidian (single and a walk) singled through the left side and Nathan Palafox followed with a base hit through the middle.
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Miami extended the lead to 5-3 in fifth when Brian Anderson's base hit drove in Starlin Castro, who singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch.
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First Known Use of base hit
1871
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Definition of base hit for English Language Learners
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baseball : a hit that allows a batter to reach a base safely : a single, double, triple, or home run
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