How to Use fielder in a Sentence

fielder

noun
  • The Tigers’ left fielder crashed into the wall and fell to the ground.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 18 June 2022
  • The right fielder is set to become a free agent in the fall.
    Jake Seiner, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The Dodgers scored twice in the inning, on a wild pitch and a fielder’s choice.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021
  • The Huskies scored the winning run in the top of the 12th on two singles and a fielder’s choice.
    Staff Reports, courant.com, 7 Mar. 2021
  • Buechele got a pair of fielder’s choice outs to end the inning.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The right fielder was hitting just .167 since the All-Star break.
    Matt Young, Chron, 6 Aug. 2021
  • In the third, Yuli Gurriel scored on a fielder’s choice.
    Shane Lantz, Chron, 24 July 2022
  • The left fielder hit a solo homer in the second, a grand slam in the third and a two-run shot in the ninth.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021
  • The 2016 first-round pick has the inside track to be the opening-day left fielder.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The first run scored on a fielders choice after two of his walks.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
  • The right fielder has hit eight homers in 43 games so far this season with the Mets.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025
  • The right fielder stayed with the team for another six years.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Left fielder Aaron Hicks ran across the outfield but dropped the ball while tumbling to the grass.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The Sox got within a run when Zavala scored on a fielder’s choice.
    Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The Anteaters’ right fielder tracked the ball to the warning track and caught it against the wall, just beneath the scoreboard.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Center fielder Hunter Lamarr followed with a bunt for a hit to load the bases and bring the top of the lineup to the plate.
    Luke Lawhorn, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Grossman, a left fielder by nature, lost a pair of balls in the sun in right.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Goodrum’s homer hit the top of the right-field fence and bounced over as right fielder Adam Eaton stumbled at the wall.
    Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Jarett Boswell sends a deep line drive over the center fielder to walk it off.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2024
  • Both called for the ball, but Basabe should have deferred to the center fielder.
    John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2021
  • Right fielder Jo Adell made a diving catch of Eguy Rosario’s flare to the gap in the seventh.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Williams called the right fielder out, but, again, the Phillies challenged and won, sending out more boos from the crowd.
    Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Left fielder Taylor Ward caught a fly ball against the wall to get Fulmer out of the fifth.
    Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 1 Aug. 2024
  • O’Hoppe didn’t know the hit would be a home run, but knew A’s left fielder Seth Brown wasn’t going to catch it.
    Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Think of the baseball prospect who is a bad hitter but a poor fielder.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Starr worked around an error by his right fielder to get the final two outs of the game.
    Stephen Whitaker, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Center fielder David Mysza of La Salle will go five for five in a game.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Mike Trout, now the Angels’ right fielder, ventured over to the wall, leaped, and reached into the stands to catch the ball.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • After two hits, Romero got Matt Shaw to ground into a fielder’s choice to escape the jam.
    Warren Mayes, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Mike Trout then laced a 113.4 mph line drive over the head of left fielder Jake Mangum that one-hopped the wall, putting runners on second and third.
    Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025

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