Definition of "home run" []

• Baseball A hit that allows the batter to make a complete circuit of the diamond and score a run. (noun)

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• "Buddy Sosnoskie opened the scoring in the bottom of the first with a solo home run to left-center field, his eighth round-tripper of the season."
• "Lannan pitches Nationals to rainy win over MarlinsMIAMI - John Lannan won for the first time in seven starts and Pete Orr hit his first home run of the season, leading the Washington"
• "Extra-base hits help Nats win fourth straightWASHINGTON - Cristian Guzman fell a home run shy of the cycle, Adam Dunn homered in his third straight game and the Washington Nationals tied a season high with their fourth straight win, 5-4 over the Florida Marlins on Wednesday night."