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.

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Don’t ever let Daisy go to Australia, where there are bats in the middle of the city. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026 The Dodgers jumped out to an early lead in the second inning after Andy Pages batted in right fielder Kyle Tucker and superstar Shohei Ohtani ended his nearly two-month home-run drought with a three-run homer to right-center field. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 The Guardians broke out their bats in Game 1, but couldn't get anything going in Game 2. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Shohei Ohtani emerged from the visiting dugout at American Family Field with a bat in his hand, and the mass of media members scattered in foul territory up the third-base line shifted his way, pulled by the magnetic force that is Ohtani’s stardom. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bat in

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“Bat in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bat%20in. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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