batting cage
noun
: a screen placed around the back and sides of the home plate area to stop baseballs during batting practice
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Correa was an outsized contributor to that, posting the third-highest OPS-plus among Astros regulars prior to tearing a tendon in his ankle taking a swing in the batting cage.
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Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 7 May 2026
Growing up, Jacobs’ Andrew Deegan and his friends would re-enact game-winning hits in the batting cage.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026
France was with some other bench players in the batting cage down a set of stairs and behind the Padres dugout.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Star shortstop Carlos Correa injured his ankle while taking swings in the batting cage prior to the Astros’ 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Daikin Park on Tuesday.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
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Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 7 May 2026
Growing up, Jacobs’ Andrew Deegan and his friends would re-enact game-winning hits in the batting cage.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026
France was with some other bench players in the batting cage down a set of stairs and behind the Padres dugout.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Star shortstop Carlos Correa injured his ankle while taking swings in the batting cage prior to the Astros’ 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Daikin Park on Tuesday.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
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“Batting cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/batting%20cage. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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