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

Examples of the strike zone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Given a nine-run cushion, Ray attacked the strike zone, held the Angels scoreless and picked up his 23rd win as a Giant. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 July 2026

By casting parallel to a dock or sea wall, each chug of your popper will keep it in the strike zone, giving any bass in the area a chance to eat it throughout the entirety of your cast. — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026

The game-winning hit in the 2014 American League Wild Card Game came off his bat stretched well wide of the strike zone. — Sam McDowell July 22, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026

None This finding is a bit more in line with conventional sabermetrics wisdom, which holds that pitchers who dominate the strike zone have better long-term outcomes than those who rely on stranding runners and asking for slick fielding behind them. — Neil Paine, New York Times, 16 July 2026

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