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Examples of scratch hit in a Sentence
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The fork in the road arrived in the fateful sixth, when Acuna's scratch hit and Freeman's go-ahead double would have caused almost any manager to lift almost any pitcher.
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1903, in the meaning defined above
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“Scratch hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scratch%20hit. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
scratch hit
noun
: a batted ball that is not hit hard but that results in a base hit
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