Examples of pop fly in a Sentence
He hit a high pop fly to the second baseman.
Recent Examples on the Web
With first pitch at 6:06 p.m. Saturday, the sun was still glaring behind home plate when Padres leadoff man Xander Bogaerts lifted a pop fly to shallow center field.
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Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2024
Balch hit a pop fly to first base, but the ball was dropped and Joseph Tressitte scored the winning run.
—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
Coaches threw batting practice, while children snagged ground balls or pop flies.
—James Wagner, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
Cleveland had scored its only run in Saturday’s 1-0 victory on a pop fly that dropped in center between three Philly defenders off the bat of Ramírez.
—Joe Noga, cleveland, 23 July 2023
Cleveland scored a run in the 10th on an RBI single by Steven Kwan off Philly reliever Jeff Hoffman, but Yunior Marte came on with the bases loaded and nobody out to retire José Ramírez and Josh Naylor on pop flies before Myles Straw grounded out to end things.
—Joe Noga, cleveland, 23 July 2023
Colleyville Heritage alum Bobby Witt Jr. led the game off with a single, stole second base and scored on a deep Salvador Perez pop fly which Garcia misplayed and dropped in right field.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
Gannon Grant's high pop fly fell in front of Penn's shortstop.
—Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 18 June 2023
Bradford, a Baylor alum and Aledo native, gave up a run in the first inning on three straight singles (one of which was a pop fly from Baltimore leadoff hitter Cedric Mullins that was lost in the sun by Seager, the third of which drove in Mullins).
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 28 May 2023
Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2024
Balch hit a pop fly to first base, but the ball was dropped and Joseph Tressitte scored the winning run.
—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
Coaches threw batting practice, while children snagged ground balls or pop flies.
—James Wagner, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
Cleveland had scored its only run in Saturday’s 1-0 victory on a pop fly that dropped in center between three Philly defenders off the bat of Ramírez.
—Joe Noga, cleveland, 23 July 2023
Cleveland scored a run in the 10th on an RBI single by Steven Kwan off Philly reliever Jeff Hoffman, but Yunior Marte came on with the bases loaded and nobody out to retire José Ramírez and Josh Naylor on pop flies before Myles Straw grounded out to end things.
—Joe Noga, cleveland, 23 July 2023
Colleyville Heritage alum Bobby Witt Jr. led the game off with a single, stole second base and scored on a deep Salvador Perez pop fly which Garcia misplayed and dropped in right field.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
Gannon Grant's high pop fly fell in front of Penn's shortstop.
—Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 18 June 2023
Bradford, a Baylor alum and Aledo native, gave up a run in the first inning on three straight singles (one of which was a pop fly from Baltimore leadoff hitter Cedric Mullins that was lost in the sun by Seager, the third of which drove in Mullins).
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 28 May 2023
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“Pop fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pop%20fly. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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