curveball
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But Ryan Braun reached out and punched a 0-2 curveball off the plate for an RBI single that tied the game, 1-1. — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Cubs 4, Brewers 1: Offense continues to be missing in action in third consecutive defeat," 3 Aug. 2019 Like Pressley, both of those ex-Blue Jays righties feature high-spin curveballs—a favorite of Houston’s—that could play up in relief. — Jon Tayler, SI.com, "MLB Trade Deadline Winners and Losers: What Happened to the Yankees and Dodgers?," 31 July 2019 And during Tuesday night’s finale, we were thrown yet another wild curveball. — Chuck Barney, The Mercury News, "‘The Bachelorette’: Was that a happy ending — or what?," 30 July 2019 VerHagen began his outing against the Seattle Mariners with two scoreless innings and a sharp curveball, but then the third inning came around. — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Tigers continue bad baseball, slammed 10-2 by Mariners," 26 July 2019 Fastballs and curveballs made up nearly three-quarters of his offerings. — Jared Diamond, WSJ, "Clayton Kershaw’s Fastball Isn’t As Fast. Just Don’t Tell Him That.," 20 June 2019 There might be a diversion or a curveball that only happens once. — Raisa Bruner, Time, "How a Live Orchestra Is Showing Off Another Side of K-Pop Greats Like BTS and BLACKPINK," 19 June 2019 With runners on second and third in the first, the AL Cy Young Award winner struck out the next three batters swinging with sharp breaking curveballs. — Ken Powtak, orlandosentinel.com, "Lowe’s 2 HRs help Rays prevail 6-1 in Boston," 9 June 2019 Left fielder Marwin Gonzalez led off the inning by shooting a Marco Gonzales 74 mph curveball up the middle for a single, past diving shortstop J.P. Crawford — who, to his credit, almost got there. — Mike Vorel, The Seattle Times, "Mariners pile up near-misses and milestones in 7-1 loss to Minnesota Twins," 17 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'curveball.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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