line-drive triple
- noun
- Jargon
:
triple por línea
- He stunned the crowd with a line-drive triple in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Examples
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Her speed turned what seemed like a double into an impressive line-drive triple.
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He hit a stunning line-drive triple in the last inning.
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The batter hit a line-drive triple to right field, driving in two runs.
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Did you see that line-drive triple by Jason?
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In the final inning, the batter hit a line-drive triple that brought two runners home.
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After a perfect pitch, the baseball soared into the outfield as he hit a line-drive triple for his first hit of the game.
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With a powerful swing, she drove the ball deep into the gap, earning her team a crucial line-drive triple.
Synonyms
14
5.5
A hit that lets the batter reach third base safely
1
8.4
A baseball hit that lets the batter reach third base
A hit that reaches third base after a sharp line drive
A baseball hit that lets the batter reach third base safely
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
line-drive + triple
The phrase is a straightforward modifier+noun composition: 'line-drive' (a hard, low/straight hit) qualifies the kind of 'triple' (a three-base hit), so the overall meaning — a triple achieved by a line drive — is directly derivable from the parts. Although 'line-drive' is baseball-specific vocabulary, the compositional pattern is regular and cross-linguistically transparent, so a learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Line-drive triple comes from baseball: a line-drive is a fast, low hit and a triple is when the batter reaches third base, so the phrase means 'a triple made by a fast, low hit'.