: 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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Recent Examples on the WebStroman faced 25 straight batters without allowing a base hit after Adames shot a single through the right side of the infield in the first inning. Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2022 Eovaldi worked around an Isiah Kiner-Falefa one-out double in New York’s half, and Cora stuck with him to face Judge again in the fifth after LeMahieu led off with a base hit. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2022 Gibbons also knocked in two more in the fifth with a base hit.Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2022 With his base hit Saturday, Kwan extended his hitting streak to seven games and is batting .355 with a double, triple and three RBI in that span. Joe Noga, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2022 The call was overturned and Gonzalez was awarded a base hit. Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2022 Moments later, the scoring was changed to a base hit. Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2022 In the sixth inning Friday, with his team searching for offense against Paul Blackburn, the Guardians’ José Ramírez attempted to bunt for a base hit. Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 June 2022 Steven Kwan extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a base hit in the first and added two more singles, scoring on an RBI double by Andrés Giménez in the fourth that tied the score at 1-1. Joe Noga, cleveland, 29 July 2022 See More