chance hit

Example Sentences

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Michael Neser, on six, slapped Archer towards cover, where Carse could not grasp a chance hit straight at him.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Valimaki, needing eagle to have a chance, hit his drive down the right side, off a cart path and it nestled next to a boundary fence.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024

Townsend’s game was too much for Parry: The American never faced a break chance, hit seven aces and won the point on 11 of 12 trips to the net.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2023

Wolters, given another chance, hit a two-run, bases-loaded double that gave the Rockies a 5-1 lead.

From New York Times • May 15, 2016

Nothing can be plainer than that there is no ground for this kind of treatment, and that the idea of it arose out of a chance hit, which came right and succeeded.

From Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society by Bagehot, Walter