Examples of breaking ball in a Sentence
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Verlander, in vintage form, pinpointed a breaking ball that froze Ha-Seong Kim for strike three — his seventh punchout of the night and the 3,510th of his career.
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Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2025
The count was full, and Harper tried to check his swing as Tigers’ relief pitcher Will Vest’s breaking ball was in the dirt.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Instead, Lowe bounced a full-count breaking ball through the four-hole and into an unoccupied part of right field.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 29 July 2025
The 27-year-old Cabrera has unique stuff: a change-up that can top out at 96 miles per hour and 98th percentile breaking ball run value.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
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Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2025
The count was full, and Harper tried to check his swing as Tigers’ relief pitcher Will Vest’s breaking ball was in the dirt.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Instead, Lowe bounced a full-count breaking ball through the four-hole and into an unoccupied part of right field.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 29 July 2025
The 27-year-old Cabrera has unique stuff: a change-up that can top out at 96 miles per hour and 98th percentile breaking ball run value.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
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“Breaking ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breaking%20ball. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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