strike zone

noun

: the area over home plate through which a pitched baseball must pass to be called a strike

Examples of strike zone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The league has spent years testing its Automated Ball-Strike system — an electronic strike zone that uses pitch tracking technology to determine whether a pitch is a ball or a strike — and since last season two versions of the system have been tested at the Triple-A level. —

Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024 In moving water, walleyes use structure as a break from heavy current and as a funnel that sweeps prey into their strike zone. —

M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 20 June 2024 Boone had taken issue with Bacon’s strike zone during an Alex Verdugo at-bat, which resulted in a tipped strikeout. —

Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2024 Elsewhere, the show pitched in Sweeney’s strike zone and failed to connect. —

Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for strike zone

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