How to Use home plate in a Sentence

home plate

noun

• The runner was tagged out at home plate.
• The benches and bullpens cleared, and the teams pushed and shoved near home plate.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 27 Apr. 2022
• Pinder caught the ball with his back to home plate and knees stuck in the ground.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2021
• The plaque was placed on the fence behind home plate last week.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 26 May 2021
• Note this is just the bases, as home plate remains the same size.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2021
• 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
• 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
• Jonathan Schoop, the game-winning run, touched home plate and tossed his arms in the air.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2022
• In the early days of baseball, the home plate was made of stone, iron or wood.
  — Fred Bowen, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2019
• The pitch was low and outside to Zach Neto and bounced in front of home plate.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
• 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
• He was tossed from the game by Wolcott, the home plate umpire.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2021
• Despite the hit, Phillips, a freshman, got up and stepped on home plate.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022
• The fish tanks were on either side of home plate, near the on-deck circles.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2021
• Flanked by staff in a suite behind home plate, Trump smiled and clapped.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2019
• 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
• Screech was located just in front of the home plate to receive the pitch.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 6 June 2023
• There was one problem with De La Cruz’s throw to home plate.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
• Arte should be carving statues of those two for the home plate plaza.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
• 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
• Melvin emerged from the dugout to talk with home plate umpire Greg Gibson, the crew chief.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Sep. 2021
• Then Arozarena tripped and fell 45 feet from home plate.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2020
• Blake Snell ran around the infield with a plastic goose and dropped it near home plate.
  — Bernie Wilson, ajc, 16 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Maile was standing with his left foot on the far right corner of home plate.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
• 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
• When the Giants opened the season, Buster Posey was back behind home plate, in the squat.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2021
• The ball caromed off the backstop and back between the home plate umpire’s legs.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 16 Aug. 2022
• Within a span of barely 15 seconds, Buehler began arguing the call and walking toward home plate.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
• But the home plate umpire ruled Pache out due to base coach interference pursuant to Official Baseball Rule 6.01(a)(8).
  — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025