solo home run

noun

baseball
: a home run that scores one run

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The Brewers took a 5-4 lead on Garrett Mitchell’s solo home run in the sixth inning and added an insurance run in the ninth on Hamilton’s bomb. — Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026 Center fielder Garrett Mitchell followed Bauers’ blast with one of his own, taking Snell deep for a solo home run to put the Brewers up 4-2. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a solo home run in the top of the fifth inning during the MLB Tokyo Series game between Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs at Tokyo Dome on March 19, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 Colson Montgomery marked the one-year anniversary of his big-league debut by hitting a tiebreaking solo home run in the eighth inning, and the Sox added a run in the ninth for a 3-1 victory on the Fourth of July. — Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for solo home run

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