base hit
noun
: a hit in baseball that enables the batter to reach base safely without benefit of an error or fielder's choice
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Max Galvin tallied a team-leading seven base hits in the super regionals for Miami, including Sunday’s pair of hits and two-run homer that plated the Hurricanes’ only runs of the game.
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Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
White Sox star Luis Robert robbed him of a base hit Friday night and Caglianone generated a pair of loud outs.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2025
Playing in to defend against a base hit with the ghost runner on second, Freeman got a sweeper over the plate from right-hander Jose Butto and drove it to left field.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
Rose died last year, never inducted into the Hall of Fame despite racking up a record 4,256 base hits in his remarkable 24-year career.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
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Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
White Sox star Luis Robert robbed him of a base hit Friday night and Caglianone generated a pair of loud outs.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2025
Playing in to defend against a base hit with the ghost runner on second, Freeman got a sweeper over the plate from right-hander Jose Butto and drove it to left field.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
Rose died last year, never inducted into the Hall of Fame despite racking up a record 4,256 base hits in his remarkable 24-year career.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
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“Base hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20hit. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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