curveball
noun
curve·ball
ˈkərv-ˌbȯl 
: a slow or moderately fast baseball pitch thrown with spin to make it swerve downward and usually to the left when thrown from the right hand or to the right when thrown from the left hand
curveball
verb
Examples of curveball in a Sentence
The batter struck out on a curveball.
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Ohtani blasted a two-run home run in the first inning on a slow curveball and the Dodgers were on their way to a three-game sweep by getting past left-hander Max Fried and the Atlanta Braves in a 5-1 victory.
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Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 5 May 2024
The Dodgers had only five hits, four of them by Ohtani, who followed a Mookie Betts walk in the first inning by driving an up-and-in curveball from Braves left-hander Max Fried 412 feet over the center-field wall for a two-run homer.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
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Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 5 May 2024
The Dodgers had only five hits, four of them by Ohtani, who followed a Mookie Betts walk in the first inning by driving an up-and-in curveball from Braves left-hander Max Fried 412 feet over the center-field wall for a two-run homer.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
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“Curveball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curveball. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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