How to Use changeup in a Sentence

changeup

noun

• The batter struck out on a changeup.
• The changeup that has been the backbone of his breakout carried the day.
  — Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 5 May 2021
• Means had six strikeouts in that game, relying on a fastball and changeup.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2021
• Eleven swing-and-misses by A’s hitters came on Means’ changeup.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2021
• There will be a lot of emphasis developing my changeup right now.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 5 May 2021
• If you’re exhausted by stuffing and mashed potatoes, try throwing a changeup or two.
  — Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
• Against Cleveland, Miley threw a changeup on four of his first five pitches.
  — USA TODAY, 8 May 2021
• Boyd got nine swings-and-misses: three with his four-seam fastball, two with his changeup, two with his slider and two with his curveball.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2021
• Piscotty followed with a home run on 1-2 changeup from Matz.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2021
• Cease also throws a changeup to offer a complete arsenal of pitches.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 4 May 2021
• Story was out in front of Caleb Smith's changeup on a 2-2 count, but reached out and pulled the ball down the left-field line.
  — David Brandt, Star Tribune, 2 May 2021
• Conversely, a four-seam fastball and/or changeup could help Holmes avoid barrels against lefties.
  — Will Sammon, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
• To go along with that, Painter features two breaking balls and a changeup, all of which are above average offerings.
  — Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
• Whitlock throws his sinker an average of 95.2 miles per hour, and his changeup has been unhittable.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2021
• The Pirates whiffed at only one of his 81 pitches when Erik González struck out on a changeup to end the first.
  — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2021
• The lack of a consistent changeup may really hurt Hearn in this situation.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2021
• Rasmussen ditched his curveball for the time being and focused more on his power pitches, a high-90s fastball and sharp-breaking slider, with an occasional changeup mixed in.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2021
• The homer came on a changeup that hung at the top of the strike zone.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 9 June 2022
• To see that and to see the changeup thrown for strikes and the slider was good.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
• The 6-foot-3 Wicks is armed with arguably the best changeup in the draft class.
  — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2021
• Ahead in the count 2-0, Ramírez whiffed on a changeup low and over the middle of the plate.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 23 May 2022
• Bracho threw a changeup, 85.5 mph, right over the heart of the plate.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023
• Akin’s changeup and slider were among the five worst in the league.
  — Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 24 Jan. 2022
• The first pitch was an 88-mph changeup away, off the plate, surely a ball.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• Martínez got ahead 0-2 and threw a changeup, his best pitch.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2022
• Smith was looking for the changeup from Clarke, and got it.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2022
• But with two outs and two on, David Dahl took a first-pitch changeup up in the zone for a strike.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 May 2021
• Prager throws a fastball in the mid-to-low 90s, and also throws a changeup.
  — Sam Blum, Dallas News, 15 June 2021
• And then the changeup got better as the outing went along.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
• There was just one blemish on the changeup’s pitch chart.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 4 Jan 2025