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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The Brewers swung at only 25% of pitches out of the strike zone. Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025 Their style of pitching — relentlessly pound the strike zone — works well in a ballpark where the thick air depresses doubles and triples. Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025 And something up in the strike zone. Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 Once that happens a graphic will be shown on the ballpark scoreboard displaying where the pitch crossed the plate, and if any part of the ball touches any part of the strike zone, it will be ruled a strike. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the strike zone

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“The strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20strike%20zone. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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