three-bagger

noun

three-bag·ger ˈthrē-ˈba-gər

plural three-baggers

baseball, informal

: triple sense 2

Former Milwaukee shortstop Jose Valentin snapped a 3-3 tie with a two-run triple in the seventh inning … . Valentin … ripped his three-bagger into the rightfield corner against right-hander Bob Scanlan.—

Associated Press

Examples of three-bagger in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While Judge provided the muscle, the Yankees started scoring in the second inning with the bottom of their order after an Anthony Santander error turned an Anthony Volpe single into a three-bagger. —

Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024

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