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solo homer [1 record]

Record 1 2006-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A home run hit when the bases are empty resulting in only one point being scored.

OBS

homer or home run: A base hit in baseball that enables the batter to run around all of the bases and score a run on the one hit. [From sources WESPO,1976,,,216-217 and SPORA,1973,,,28.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Coup sûr permettant au frappeur de contourner tous les buts et de revenir au marbre, mais frappé lorsqu'aucun homme ne se trouve sur les coussins; il ne produit alors qu'un seul point.

OBS

Pluriel : des solos, des soli.

OBS

solos (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

On entend souvent «coup de circuit solo» ou «circuit solo».

Spanish

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