: a batted baseball hit in a nearly straight line usually not far above the ground
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He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
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Jake Rogers hit a line drive to short stop – in front of Spencer Torkelson.—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025 Nor can Cora press a button that’ll help his outfielders — such as, oh, Jarren Duran — get a better read and take a better route to a line drive with two out and the tying run on second.—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Two batters later, Kemp belted a two-run shot into the left-center field seats and then Sosa’s line drive over the wall in left made it 11-1.—Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025 Starting for the first time in three weeks and for the first time in left field in nearly two months, Johnson laid out to catch a sinking, tailing line drive by Christian Yelich for the first out of the ninth inning.—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for line drive
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