How to Use extra-base hit in a Sentence

extra-base hit

noun
  • His last extra-base hit was 13 days ago.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • One of them had an extra-base hit (a double).
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • Second extra-base hit of the day.
    — Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
  • Neto has three hits this spring, and all are extra-base hits.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Both extra-base hits came against righties.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The only extra-base hit came with two outs and two strikes in the ninth.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2021
  • That could help Baty, who has just two extra-base hits in the last month.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • Lowe has an extra-base hit in six straight games and has homered in three straight games.
    — Mike Haim, Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
  • San Diego has just eight extra-base hits this season.
    — CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The Royals got five extra-base hits in a four-run sixth.
    — CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • The Dodgers went without an extra-base hit.
    — CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • Those five have so far combined for only one extra-base hit.
    — Chad Jennings, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Kemp doubled to open the sixth, the A’s first extra-base hit.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 2021
  • Davis’ big fly was the Gators’ only extra-base hit of the day.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2022
  • His next 15 games yielded one extra-base hit.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Sixteen of the 18 have at least one extra-base hit and one walk.
    — Dennis Manoloff, cleveland.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • José Iglesias added a triple, his third extra-base hit of the spring.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Now, the Royals will bank on more home runs and extra-base hits.
    — Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Their longest extra-base hit streak last year was 24 games.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Kim had the game’s only extra-base hit, a two-out double in the third.
    — Randy McRoberts, The Aegis, 22 May 2018
  • Merrill’s double in the sixth was his first extra-base hit in nine games.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
  • Carter, who later doubled, has four extra-base hits thus far this spring.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • His run-scoring double in the fifth gave him six straight games with an extra-base hit.
    — Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Mancini has hit in 10 straight games and has an extra-base hit in the last six.
    — David Ginsburg, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021
  • Merrill has homered in four of the past eight games and has eight extra-base hits in that span.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Springer is all alone in the record book with eight extra-base hits and 29 total bases.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Trea Turner didn’t have an extra-base hit for the Phillies.
    — Chad Jennings, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The Astros pulled ahead in the eighth without an extra-base hit.
    — Chron, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Consolino gave up one extra-base hit, a triple in the sixth inning.
    — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 24 May 2026
  • Greiner’s hit was the Tigers’ only extra-base hit of the game.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2018

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