the strike zone
noun
baseball
: the area over home plate where the baseball must pass after it is pitched in order to be called a strike
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In the first, Tinsley left one bad pitch too far into the strike zone, and Evans sent the ball flying over the center-field wall.
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Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
Duran immediately tapped his helmet to request an ABS challenge, but the bottom of the baseball had connected with the very top of the strike zone.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026
Miami manager Clayton McCullough said Alcantara flooded the strike zone early but paid for a couple mistakes that stayed elevated.
—Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
And with one out, Canning sent a fastball to the middle of the strike zone that Freeman sent the other way and just over the left field wall.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
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Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
Duran immediately tapped his helmet to request an ABS challenge, but the bottom of the baseball had connected with the very top of the strike zone.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026
Miami manager Clayton McCullough said Alcantara flooded the strike zone early but paid for a couple mistakes that stayed elevated.
—Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
And with one out, Canning sent a fastball to the middle of the strike zone that Freeman sent the other way and just over the left field wall.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
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“The strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20strike%20zone. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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