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extra-base hit
[ ek-struh-beys ]
noun
Baseball.
- a base hit that enables a batter to reach more than one base safely, as a two-base hit, three-base hit, or home run.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of extra-base hit1
First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences
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This is an obvious statement but, even though Ohtani is just one for eight in the Series with one extra-base hit and no RBIs, he is the tent pole that holds up this team.
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Up to that point, Freeman’s only extra-base hit of the postseason was his first-inning triple.
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“I haven’t had an extra-base hit in a while.”
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Freeman was not kidding about not having an extra-base hit in a while.
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In the first inning Sunday, Lux helped the Dodgers erase an early two-run deficit by lining an RBI double down the left-field line, collecting his third-straight extra-base hit after hitting a home run and a double in a Saturday night win.
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