bat in

verb

batted in; batting in; bats in

baseball

: to hit the ball in a way that makes it possible for a run to score

He batted in 70 runs last year.

Examples of bat in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 29-year-old remained in the game and took one more at-bat in the bottom of the third, flipping a single into center field, but he was removed ahead of the top of the fifth. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 June 2026

Glossip had been sentenced to death over the 1997 killing in Oklahoma City of his former boss, motel owner Barry Van Treese, who was beaten with a baseball bat in what prosecutors have alleged was a murder-for-hire scheme. —ABC News, 23 June 2026

Stammen imparted his confidence directly to Machado in yesterday’s 10th inning by way of a pat on the backside and an encouraging word before Machado stepped on the field with his bat in hand. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2026

The 31-year-old didn’t make his season debut until Wednesday against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays, going hitless in three at-bats in the 5-4 win. —Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 21 June 2026

Rhymes for bat in

• batten
• craton
• fatten
• flatten
• gratin
• gratton
• latin
• lattin
• matin
• paten
• patten
• platen