infield hit

noun

: a base hit on a ball that does not leave the infield

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Meidroth reached on an infield hit, with Montgomery moving up to third. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025 Right-hander Carson Fulmer finished the fifth, allowing a run to score on an infield hit, and then saved the bullpen by soaking up the final 3⅓ innings of the game. Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025 Baldwin tied the score with an RBI single in the seventh, then scored to go-ahead run on Marcell Ozuna’s infield hit and a throwing error by shortstop Otto Lopez. Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025 Robert Suarez allowed consecutive doubles to Byron Buxton and Witt with one out in ninth, and Steven Kwan's infield hit on a three-hopper to third off Edwin Díaz drove in the tying run. CBS News, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for infield hit

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of infield hit was in 1907

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“Infield hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infield%20hit. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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