How to Use batted ball in a Sentence

batted ball

noun
  • Vaughn tended to hit the ball hard, across all batted ball types.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • None of Chisholm’s batted ball metrics point toward a hitter who is getting unlucky at the plate.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • The Blue Jays tagged him with nine batted ball events and three hard hits on his changeup, per Baseball Savant.
    Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Brown is one of three of these 10 hurlers to hold hitters to below average contact authority across all batted ball types.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The Guardians registered four batted ball events and three hits against Lugo’s curveball, per Baseball Savant.
    Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Junk began a minor-league rehab assignment with Jacksonville last Sunday but left the game after being struck on the left wrist by a 106 mph batted ball.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • Like Valdez, he’s been fortunate on ball batted ball types (84 Unadjusted Contact Score).
    Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But with how softly Aranda’s batted ball was, Chisholm had to turn a double play because throwing home to get Chandler Simpson out at the plate was impossible.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026

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