bat in

verb

batted in; batting in; bats in
baseball
: to hit the ball in a way that makes it possible for a run to score
He batted in 70 runs last year.

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The center fielder had been in a rough patch at the plate over the last week, but put together solid at-bats in the series opener. — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Báez, who became the first player to hit three home runs in his first three at-bats in the major leagues on Saturday, was hitless for the second consecutive day since his record-setting debut. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 Joshua Báez, who became the first player to hit three home runs in his first three at-bats in the major leagues on Saturday, went 0 for 5 with three strikeouts. — CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026 License plate readers have been shot at in Tennessee, hit with a truck in California, beat with a baseball bat in Virginia, cut down with a saw in Texas and splattered with paint in New York. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bat in

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