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

Fuentes, virtually unhittable in game two in LA, couldn't find the strike zone after a Teoscar Hernandez single chased Mahle from the game. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Yet there is little correlation between a batter’s ability to crush the ball and his ability to discern a ball from a strike when a pitch is only an inch or so inside or outside the strike zone. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Their hitters control the strike zone better than any other team and thrive on making opponents uncomfortable. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

After right fielder Jung Hoo Lee made a sliding catch on Francisco Lindor’s sinking liner, the Giants intentionally walked Soto after Seymour threw two pitches out of the strike zone. — ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026

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