Examples of fly ball in a Sentence
He hit a long fly ball to left field.
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Francisco Alvarez took third on Lindor’s fly ball, but Nimmo lined out to left field, leaving Diaz to protect a one-run lead.
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 July 2024
The heart of the game has long been in its quiet moments—the thick air of expectation that hovers before a fly ball drops into an outfielder’s glove while a runner prepares to try to tag up or the way a pitcher looks at a hitter when the tying run is on third.
—Abe Streep, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
Three of their best hitters -- George Springer, Vlad Guerrero, and Bo Bichette -- have fly ball rates of 12%, 12%, and 5%, respectively, against sinkers over the last two years.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
Vargas, who is making a push for more playing time with his hot bat, opened the bottom of the eighth with a towering fly ball to left field off reliever Bryan Hudson that landed on top of the wall for a 368-foot homer and a 4-3 lead.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 July 2024
The heart of the game has long been in its quiet moments—the thick air of expectation that hovers before a fly ball drops into an outfielder’s glove while a runner prepares to try to tag up or the way a pitcher looks at a hitter when the tying run is on third.
—Abe Streep, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
Three of their best hitters -- George Springer, Vlad Guerrero, and Bo Bichette -- have fly ball rates of 12%, 12%, and 5%, respectively, against sinkers over the last two years.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
Vargas, who is making a push for more playing time with his hot bat, opened the bottom of the eighth with a towering fly ball to left field off reliever Bryan Hudson that landed on top of the wall for a 368-foot homer and a 4-3 lead.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
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“Fly ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20ball. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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