Definition of infield hit
: a base hit on a ball that does not leave the infield
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Scooter Gennett followed with an infield hit that second baseman Javier Baez saved from going into right field.
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The 'Cakes scored a pair in the first inning as Issac Galloway led the game off with a double, Magneuris Sierra added an infield hit and both scored on a Campbell single.
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Lorenzo Cain led off with an infield hit and was on base when Aguilar sent an opposite-field drive to right-center on a 3-2 fastball for his 14th homer.
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Anderson allowed an infield hit to Willson Contreras in the second, and reliever Taylor Williams allowed a single to Addison Russell in the eighth.
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The inning had the makings for trouble after a leadoff infield hit by Hunter Pence that deflected off reliever Brad Ziegler’s glove.
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After Noel Cuevas reached on an infield hit to put runners on the corners, Gray dropped down a bunt that scored the second run of the inning.
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Valerie Nobrega followed with an infield hit as did Jenna Mowad and Lizzy DiOrio’s ball got past Davis at shortstop into left field, scoring two more Holy Cross runs.
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Josh Reddick reached on an infield hit in the 10th before Diekman struck out Yuli Gurriel and retired Marwin Gonzalez on a fly to left.
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First Known Use of infield hit
1907
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