RBI
noun
plural RBIs or RBI
: a run in baseball that is driven in by a batter
also
: official credit to a batter for driving in a run
led the league in RBIs
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After the Rays and Red Sox traded runs with RBI singles by Nick Fortes in the bottom of the first and Nathaniel Lowe in the top of the second, Crochet served up a couple of long balls that twice allowed Tampa Bay to pull back ahead.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Freddie Freeman grounded an RBI single to center to score Ohtani for a 2-0 lead and advance Betts to third.
—Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Ramirez padded the lead in the eighth with his 21st homer, a two-run shot to left, and Joey Wiemer had an RBI single in the ninth.
—Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
The Padres left a run on the field in the sixth inning when Elías Díaz slowed down heading home and did not cross the plate before Luis Arraez was thrown out at second base trying to turn what would have been an RBI single into a double.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Freddie Freeman grounded an RBI single to center to score Ohtani for a 2-0 lead and advance Betts to third.
—Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Ramirez padded the lead in the eighth with his 21st homer, a two-run shot to left, and Joey Wiemer had an RBI single in the ninth.
—Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
The Padres left a run on the field in the sixth inning when Elías Díaz slowed down heading home and did not cross the plate before Luis Arraez was thrown out at second base trying to turn what would have been an RBI single into a double.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
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“RBI.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/RBI. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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