How to Use base hit in a Sentence

base hit

noun
  • So the base hit scores two right there.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Got out of there healthy, got a base hit and a walk.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Gave up some base hits on balls that were way out of the zone.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
  • None have begun with a base hit.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Guys shorten up, put the ball in play, try to get a base hit.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The first pitch of the inning was a line drive base hit to right field.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2022
  • By rule, Binderup is awarded a base hit.
    — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Spencer Torkelson’s base hit tied the game.
    — Dave Hogg, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • Spencer Torkelson's base hit tied the game.
    — CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • Reynolds then ripped a base hit past the third baseman to push across two runs.
    — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Gibbons also knocked in two more in the fifth with a base hit.
    — Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Both of his hard hits last night resulted in base hits.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Jim Rivera hit a line drive that seemed destined for a base hit.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 8 June 2018
  • Bunting for a base hit is a smart play … unless your team doesn’t have a hit yet.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 6 July 2019
  • Jaye then could not handle a bunt base hit down the third base line to load the bases.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Great hitters hit pitches out of the strike zone … for base hits.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The base hit scored Bullard, who had led off the inning with a walk.
    — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2021
  • Teodosio said that base hit lightened his load for the rest of the night.
    — Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Kwan then dropped a base hit into left and Boone brought in Schmidt.
    — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Haniger was the only batter to hit the ball hard enough to threaten a base hit.
    — Tim Booth, orlandosentinel.com, 19 May 2021
  • The Sooners work a two-out walk followed by a base hit to put two on.
    — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Rada had five strikeouts and four walks, with no extra base hits.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
  • And, one of the game’s all-time greats can still get a base hit against some of the world’s best pitchers.
    — NBC News, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Three-plus years after the shift was banned, base hits haven’t really gone up.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • Diaz started the inning by lining a base hit to right field.
    — Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • Offensively, any ball on the ground has a good chance of being a base hit.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Now the Dodgers don’t need the muscle of Gibson as much as a base hit.
    — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The base hit to Moose, (Christian) Yelich had got a great jump on it.
    — Maria Torres, kansascity, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Two-out double by Mercer and then a base hit by the pitcher to get the first run in.
    — Adam Baum, Cincinnati.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • If not for the base hit to lead off the inning, Snell would have stayed in to try for the perfect game.
    — Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 15 July 2024

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