Examples of line drive in a Sentence
He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
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Wilyer Abreu nearly went back-to-back with Contreras, but his line drive stayed in the yard and the Red Sox outfielder wound up being thrown out at second because he was thought the ball was gone and didn’t run hard out of the box.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Mederos reached behind his back to knock down a line drive.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
Yamamoto struck out the next hitter, getting left fielder Josh Lowe to swing through a splitter, before allowing back-to-back outfield line drives to catcher Logan O’Hoppe and second baseman Christian Moore.
—Jack Vita, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
That line drive aside, Judge raved about Cole’s outing.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Mederos reached behind his back to knock down a line drive.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
Yamamoto struck out the next hitter, getting left fielder Josh Lowe to swing through a splitter, before allowing back-to-back outfield line drives to catcher Logan O’Hoppe and second baseman Christian Moore.
—Jack Vita, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
That line drive aside, Judge raved about Cole’s outing.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Line drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20drive. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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