Examples of breaking ball in a Sentence
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Dany made one bad pitch, a 3-2 breaking ball, and we got beat on it.
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Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
Threw his breaking ball, had some good splits today.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
Enlow surrendered a pair of hits to Ohtani but allowed only two other base runners over his three innings, even coaxing an empty two-strike swing from Freddie Freeman on a sharp breaking ball for his second strikeout.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
Patrick Bailey followed with a walk, and J.D. Davis cleared the bases with his second home run of the spring, sending a 2-2 breaking ball onto the berm in left field.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
The last one that tied the game was a hanging breaking ball.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 6 May 2023
Facing a two-strike count, Pham slammed a hanging breaking ball from Nola over the left field fence to lead off the second inning with a solo home run.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2023
The senior mixes in a sharp breaking ball and his ability to throw it for strikes kept Fishers off balance all game.
—Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
After riding the pine for most of the game, the player must quickly get loose and face a relief pitcher, who is often throwing upwards of 100 mph with a nasty breaking ball.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2023
Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
Threw his breaking ball, had some good splits today.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
Enlow surrendered a pair of hits to Ohtani but allowed only two other base runners over his three innings, even coaxing an empty two-strike swing from Freddie Freeman on a sharp breaking ball for his second strikeout.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
Patrick Bailey followed with a walk, and J.D. Davis cleared the bases with his second home run of the spring, sending a 2-2 breaking ball onto the berm in left field.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
The last one that tied the game was a hanging breaking ball.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 6 May 2023
Facing a two-strike count, Pham slammed a hanging breaking ball from Nola over the left field fence to lead off the second inning with a solo home run.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2023
The senior mixes in a sharp breaking ball and his ability to throw it for strikes kept Fishers off balance all game.
—Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
After riding the pine for most of the game, the player must quickly get loose and face a relief pitcher, who is often throwing upwards of 100 mph with a nasty breaking ball.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2023
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“Breaking ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breaking%20ball. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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