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strike
to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit. -
pitch
to smear or cover with pitch. -
fielder's choice
a fielder's attempt to put out a base runner rather than the batter when a play at first base would put out the batter. -
force
physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window. -
opposite field
the opposite part of the outfield in relation to the batter, as left field for a right-handed batter. -
slugging average
a measure of the effectiveness of a batter in making base hits, obtained by dividing the total bases reached by hitting by the number of official times at bat and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A batter making 275 total bases in 500 times at bat has a slugging average of .550.