extra-base hit
noun
: a hit in baseball that lets the batter take more than one base : a double, triple, or home run
He was on pace to collect 107 extra-base hits. (Only Babe Ruth, with 119 in 1921, and Lou Gehrig, with 117 in '27, had more.)—
Tom Verducci
Tom VerducciDespite missing 17 games with a thigh injury, he has 10 home runs and ranks second on the team in runs batted in, is third in extra-base hits and fifth in runs scored.—Michael Martinez
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Mangum's ninth-inning double was the only extra-base hit in the game until Roberts went deep.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Busch became the first Cubs hitter to reach base safely at least four times and record two or more extra-base hits on opening day since Kosuke Fukudome on March 31, 2008.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Pinch-hitting for second baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Mayer led off the seventh with a double, the team’s first extra-base hit of the year, advanced to third on Carlos Narváez’s sacrifice bunt and scored the first Red Sox run on an RBI single by Ceddanne Rafaela.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
His 31 home runs, 150 hits, 64 extra-base hits, and 91 RBIs were all the most by a Rockies’ primary catcher in a single season in franchise history.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2026
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CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Busch became the first Cubs hitter to reach base safely at least four times and record two or more extra-base hits on opening day since Kosuke Fukudome on March 31, 2008.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Pinch-hitting for second baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Mayer led off the seventh with a double, the team’s first extra-base hit of the year, advanced to third on Carlos Narváez’s sacrifice bunt and scored the first Red Sox run on an RBI single by Ceddanne Rafaela.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
His 31 home runs, 150 hits, 64 extra-base hits, and 91 RBIs were all the most by a Rockies’ primary catcher in a single season in franchise history.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Extra-base hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extra-base%20hit. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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