How to Use fly ball in a Sentence

fly ball

noun

• He hit a long fly ball to left field.
• Varsho was close to a home run with a long fly ball to the base of the fence in the second inning.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
• But his deep fly ball to right field died at the warning track.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2022
• The rookie failed to tag up on a deep fly ball and advance to third base.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 6 Apr. 2022
• In the bottom of the third, Resing led off with a long fly ball to centerfield.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 30 May 2022
• Ibáñez caught the fly ball for the second out and fired a bullet to catcher Jake Rogers for the third out.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2023
• With one out, Alec Bohm lifted a fly ball to deep left.
  — Aaron Bracy, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
• With two outs, Ohtani lofted a high fly ball to center field that Bradley lost in the sun and the wind.
  — Jimmy Golen, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2022
• But the 342-foot fly ball would not have been a home run in any other ballpark.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• Davis came in and retired him on a deep fly ball to center.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022
• The count climbed full against Smith, who made solid contact on a fly ball.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2022
• There were two on and two out in the eighth when Austin Nola lofted a fly ball down the left field line.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
• That brought up Tyler Naquin, who sent a long fly ball to right-center.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2022
• Alex Verdugo was retired on a fly ball to right field to end the first inning and struck out in the sixth.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• In this game, the breaks just didn't go their way as every single deep fly ball seemed to fall just short of the wall.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2022
• He was ordered back to the plate, and Drysdale retired him on a fly ball to preserve the streak.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• But Victor Reyes hit a sharp fly ball to center to end the Tigers' chances of a game-winner.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2022
• In the 11th inning, Enos Slaughter hit a fly ball to deep center field.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• He was injured while chasing a fly ball in the World Series that year.
  — Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2022
• Chris Taylor cost him three runs by losing a fight with the wind in left field and dropping a fly ball.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2022
• Jose Ramirez couldn’t deliver him on a short fly ball to left field.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2022
• Irvin retired Darin Ruf on a fly ball but couldn’t escape the inning.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2022
• Cordero ended up at third and scored on Dalbec’s fly ball to right field.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022
• In the fifth inning, however, Hunter Dozier hit a fly ball to left that got caught in the wind.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022
• In the fourth, left fielder Jaythan Cordilia ran down and snagged a fly ball that was tailing away to the corner.
  — Jake Starr, ajc, 27 Aug. 2022
• Austin Hedges singled to left center and Steven Kwan sent a fly ball to short left field with one out.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 18 Oct. 2022
• Matt McLain lofted a high fly ball with topspin that carried over the wall in left field.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 30 July 2023
• Moustakas’ deep fly ball to center drove in Pham with the game-winner.
  — Hartford Courant, 6 July 2022
• And a fly ball to shallow left sends this to the ninth with Alabama needing at least a run.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 4 June 2023
• In the first inning, Straw was steady on a deep fly ball off the bat of Yandy Diaz that took him to the warning track in center.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 8 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024