How to Use home plate in a Sentence
home plate
noun- The runner was tagged out at home plate.
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The benches and bullpens cleared, and the teams pushed and shoved near home plate.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 27 Apr. 2022
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Pinder caught the ball with his back to home plate and knees stuck in the ground.
—Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2021
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The plaque was placed on the fence behind home plate last week.
—James Weber, The Enquirer, 26 May 2021
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Note this is just the bases, as home plate remains the same size.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2021
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Wade’s sixth home run of the year landed in the drink 412 feet from home plate.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
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In 2019, Schrock bent both of his knees and crouched to the same height as the home plate umpire.
—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2021
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Jonathan Schoop, the game-winning run, touched home plate and tossed his arms in the air.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2022
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In the early days of baseball, the home plate was made of stone, iron or wood.
—Fred Bowen, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2019
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There was no need to watch Odor cross home plate to cap the six-run comeback to tie the game.
—Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 11 June 2018
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The pitch was low and outside to Zach Neto and bounced in front of home plate.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
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But Salvador Perez struck out on a pitch that bounced in front of home plate to end the threat.
—Maria Torres, kansascity, 4 July 2018
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He was tossed from the game by Wolcott, the home plate umpire.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2021
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Despite the hit, Phillips, a freshman, got up and stepped on home plate.
—Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022
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The fish tanks were on either side of home plate, near the on-deck circles.
—Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2021
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Flanked by staff in a suite behind home plate, Trump smiled and clapped.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2019
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After he was knocked down by the pitcher, the baserunner got up and jogged to touch the home plate.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 21 Apr. 2022
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Screech was located just in front of the home plate to receive the pitch.
—Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 6 June 2023
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There was one problem with De La Cruz’s throw to home plate.
—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
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Arte should be carving statues of those two for the home plate plaza.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
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Brady Ebel reached base when a pop fly in front of home plate dropped for a single.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
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Melvin emerged from the dugout to talk with home plate umpire Greg Gibson, the crew chief.
—Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Sep. 2021
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Then Arozarena tripped and fell 45 feet from home plate.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2020
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With two outs in the inning, Chambers missed a pop-up just in front of home plate.
—Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 11 June 2018
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Blake Snell ran around the infield with a plastic goose and dropped it near home plate.
—Bernie Wilson, ajc, 16 Oct. 2022
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In designing the robot, the team had to keep in mind the amount of force needed to throw the ball to home plate.
—Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2018
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Maile was standing with his left foot on the far right corner of home plate.
—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
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There was no throw to be made, so Hill turned on his speed and crossed home plate with a head-first slide.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2021
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But moments before the tag, Blakney had called time from behind home plate, to the chagrin of Smith.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
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He was promptly ejected by home plate umpire John Tumpane.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
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