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Young chased down a fly ball off the bat of Mesa deep into the alley in left-center.—Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026 Miller got a fly ball out that moved the automatic runner to third base and then a strikeout before a single by Wyatt Langford brought in a run.—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2026 Schmitt nearly homered in the top of the second but settled for a double when his 394-foot fly ball bounced off the very top of the center field wall.—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 June 2026 After the error and Stewart's fly ball, Steer hit a 2-1 sinker into the left field seats for a 6-1 lead.—CBS News, 20 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for fly ball