Examples of line drive in a Sentence
He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
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The Rockies’ Kyle Karros hit an opposite-field line drive that carried to the right-field warning track, but Lee tracked down the potential extra-base hit on the run, then crashed into the chain-link portion of the fence.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 May 2026
In the third, La Mirada used a single and two walks to load the bases with two outs but Escobar escaped when shortstop Angie Jimenez snagged a line drive.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
Winning pitcher Jaelynn Anthony escaped a one-out jam with runners on second and third in the top of the fifth when junior leadoff hitter Cali Lenz, the DuPage Valley Conference’s player of the year, hit a line drive to senior shortstop Kennedy Gengler, who turned it into a double play.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
With two outs, Maikel Garcia hit a shallow line drive that bounced in front of Judge.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 May 2026
In the third, La Mirada used a single and two walks to load the bases with two outs but Escobar escaped when shortstop Angie Jimenez snagged a line drive.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
Winning pitcher Jaelynn Anthony escaped a one-out jam with runners on second and third in the top of the fifth when junior leadoff hitter Cali Lenz, the DuPage Valley Conference’s player of the year, hit a line drive to senior shortstop Kennedy Gengler, who turned it into a double play.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
With two outs, Maikel Garcia hit a shallow line drive that bounced in front of Judge.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
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“Line drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20drive. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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