RBI
noun
plural RBIs or RBI
: a run in baseball that is driven in by a batter
also
: official credit to a batter for driving in a run
led the league in RBIs
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Bogaerts broke a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the fourth inning, and Johnson added a two-out RBI single in the seventh as San Diego took two of three games in the series.
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Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Caleb Durbin had an RBI double in the ninth for Boston’s only other run.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
The Dodgers scored two off Lorenzen in the third on a double by Kim, an RBI single by Alex Freeland, and an RBI double by Ohtani.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Chicago scored five runs in the second inning on Colson Montgomery's homer on the first pitch of the inning, Reese McGuire's RBI single and Andrew Benintendi's three-run shot.
—CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Caleb Durbin had an RBI double in the ninth for Boston’s only other run.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
The Dodgers scored two off Lorenzen in the third on a double by Kim, an RBI single by Alex Freeland, and an RBI double by Ohtani.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Chicago scored five runs in the second inning on Colson Montgomery's homer on the first pitch of the inning, Reese McGuire's RBI single and Andrew Benintendi's three-run shot.
—CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
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“RBI.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/RBI. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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