solo home run

noun

baseball
: a home run that scores one run

Examples of solo home run in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web However, the lead would be short-lived as Travis Jankowski came on as a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the ninth inning and tied the game at three apiece with a solo home run. Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2024 Souza put the final touches on the romp with a 405-foot solo home run down the right-field line in the eighth inning off right-hander Jacob Peaden, who allowed just that single run in his 4 1/3 innings. Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024 Junior right fielder Ethan Porter had two hits, including a solo home run, and scored three runs. Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 23 Mar. 2024 Catcher Parker Stroh hit a solo home run over the right-field wall in the fourth. Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 11 Mar. 2024 Royals catcher Rodolfo Duran hit a solo home run in the ninth inning. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024 Muller allowed just two hits against the Dodgers, but one was a solo home run to Redwood City’s James Outman. Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024 The Rays’ bats came up clutch in several instances with two RBI hits with runners in scoring position and the game-winning solo home run from Luke Raley in the seventh. Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2023 Smithfield scored four runs in the fifth inning, one on Curtis’s third solo home run of the tournament. Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023

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“Solo home run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solo%20home%20run. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

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