called strike
noun
: a pitched baseball not struck at by the batter that passes through the strike zone
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According to the strike zone box on MLB.com, the pitch Johnson called strike two against Tatis in the eighth inning nicked the bottom of the zone.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
Those pitches are not technically strikes, but before this season they had regularly been called strikes.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 1 May 2025
In the team’s four-game series last week at Detroit, for instance, 59% of pitches (69 of 117) in the shadow zone were called strikes against the Royals.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025
He’s had 15 of 20 shadow zone pitches called strikes against him this season (75%), the second-highest mark in the majors.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
Those pitches are not technically strikes, but before this season they had regularly been called strikes.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 1 May 2025
In the team’s four-game series last week at Detroit, for instance, 59% of pitches (69 of 117) in the shadow zone were called strikes against the Royals.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025
He’s had 15 of 20 shadow zone pitches called strikes against him this season (75%), the second-highest mark in the majors.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Called strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/called%20strike. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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