Examples of long ball in a Sentence
a pitcher who has given up a lot of long balls
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Mays homered with the Black Barons, too, but his career total remains at 660 because there was no box score to document the long ball.
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
The Marlins had seized a 1-0 lead when Jazz Chisholm Jr. struck a leadoff homer in the first, his 11th long ball of the year, to right field.
—Miami Herald, 10 July 2024
The long ball keeps burning Wesneski, who has been tagged for one in four of his last five outings.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2024
Drew Smith came on in relief of Severino in the top of the seventh and served up a long ball of his own.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
The Marlins had seized a 1-0 lead when Jazz Chisholm Jr. struck a leadoff homer in the first, his 11th long ball of the year, to right field.
—Miami Herald, 10 July 2024
The long ball keeps burning Wesneski, who has been tagged for one in four of his last five outings.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2024
Drew Smith came on in relief of Severino in the top of the seventh and served up a long ball of his own.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
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“Long ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20ball. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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