sacrifice hit
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Another step in advance was made by the committee when they officially recognized a sacrifice hit as a factor in team work at the bat.
From Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1889 by Henry Chadwick
If you are, I suppose you know what is meant by a sacrifice hit.
From Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls by Howard J. (Howard James) Chidley
Then came a sacrifice hit by Spud, that advanced the runner to third, and on another one-base hit, this run came in amid a wild cheering by the Brill followers.
From The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds by Edward Stratemeyer
Then, on a sacrifice hit, he advanced to second.
From The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds by Edward Stratemeyer
"Oh! yes," says one boy, "I know; a fellow who makes his sacrifice hit."
From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett) Reed