fastball
noun
fast·ball
ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯl 
: a baseball pitch thrown at full speed and often appearing to rise slightly as it nears the plate
Examples of fastball in a Sentence
He struck him out with a fastball.
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Crochet walked Gleyber Torres on four pitches and allowed a single to Vierling to put two men on, and that brought up Dingler, who drove a 3-1 fastball just over the wall by the center field flagpole.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
Kyle Karros clubbed a 3-and-1 fastball 448 feet into the left field seats.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
Burrows fell behind 3-0 to ninth hitter Victor Scott II, clawed back to 3-2, but yanked a fastball well inside.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
The bases were loaded and Anderson took a shoulder-high fastball, slapped it down the right-field line and three runs came home.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
Kyle Karros clubbed a 3-and-1 fastball 448 feet into the left field seats.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
Burrows fell behind 3-0 to ninth hitter Victor Scott II, clawed back to 3-2, but yanked a fastball well inside.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
The bases were loaded and Anderson took a shoulder-high fastball, slapped it down the right-field line and three runs came home.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Fastball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fastball. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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fastball
noun
fast·ball
ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯl
: a baseball pitch thrown at full speed
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