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 Dodgers jumped out to an early lead in the second inning after Andy Pages batted in right fielder Kyle Tucker and superstar Shohei Ohtani ended his nearly two-month home-run drought with a three-run homer to right-center field. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 The Guardians broke out their bats in Game 1, but couldn't get anything going in Game 2. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Shohei Ohtani emerged from the visiting dugout at American Family Field with a bat in his hand, and the mass of media members scattered in foul territory up the third-base line shifted his way, pulled by the magnetic force that is Ohtani’s stardom. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 Los Angeles is also awaiting clarity on Miguel Rojas, who left midway through his at-bat in the eighth inning of Game 3 with lower back pain and was not available in Game 4. — Katie Woo, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bat in

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