How to Use leadoff in a Sentence

leadoff

1 of 2 noun

• In the fifth, a leadoff walk came back to haunt Ohtani.
  — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
• His leadoff home run was the first of five for the Dodgers.
  — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
• Lowder struck out four and gave up two leadoff walks.
  — ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
• May worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth for his second save.
  — Alan Saunders, ajc, 18 July 2021
• Texas put its leadoff man on base in three of the first five innings.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 June 2021
• Ohtani has hit a leadoff home run in each of his past two pitching starts.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
• Wood’s home run against Gage was a leadoff shot in the seventh.
  — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
• Harris' leadoff drive in the sixth tied the game at 4-4.
  — CBS News, 20 May 2026
• But once the leadoff walk and the out-in-front double, soft contact.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 17 Sep. 2020
• With the score tied 3-3, Froemke drew a leadoff walk in the ninth.
  — oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2021
• Miguel Rojas drew a leadoff walk.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
• Cruz hit a leadoff blast in the second, his 11th of the year.
  — CBS News, 24 May 2026
• Tatis batted leadoff for the first time since April 4.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
• Hart hit leadoff for Grayson in 1998.
  — James Burky, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
• José Altuve hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first.
  — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 26 Mar. 2021
• The lefty issued a leadoff walk and a single to put two runners on with no outs.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2026
• Manny Machado worked a leadoff walk to crack the door open.
  — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
• Maybe Eldridge won’t be asked to bat leadoff against the Cubs.
  — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 5 June 2026
• That Ohtani guy bats leadoff for the Dodgers, after all.
  — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 5 June 2026
• Jolyna Lamar hit a leadoff home run in the fifth inning.
  — Daily News, 30 May 2026
• Williams gave up a leadoff single to Ian Happ in the top of the ninth.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
• Mullen drew a leadoff walk from Doney in the eighth and was bunted to second.
  — Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
• Abreu hit his 16th home run in the fourth, a leadoff shot that cut it to 3-1.
  — Patrick Rose, Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020
• Durnin slapped a leadoff double, and the Tigers got two on with a chance to take their first lead.
  — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
• Shohei Ohtani’s leadoff home run sure looked like 2024 again.
  — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2025
• Or David Eckstein, the pesky leadoff guy.
  — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
• Baseball purists have to love Kwan, the leadoff man and left fielder.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2022
• Cam Smith worked a leadoff walk in the second and was thrown out trying to steal.
  — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2026
• Stephenson extended the lead with his leadoff homer in the eighth.
  — ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
• Garcia then walked the leadoff hitter in the second and came out of the game with a sore right knee.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2021

lead off

2 of 2 verb

• Alec Bohn led off with a homer.
  — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 10 May 2026
• Witt led off the sixth with a triple off the right-field wall.
  — Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
• Neto led off the game with a hit.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026
• Betts led off with a single to left.
  — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• Vestal leads off with a single.
  — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
• Soto led off with a five-pitch walk.
  — Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
• Freeman led off the top of the sixth with a home run.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
• Thomas led off the game for the Royals.
  — Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
• Will Smith led off the second with a walk.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
• Tena led off the third with a homer to the Mets' bullpen in left.
  — CBS News, 19 May 2026
• DeRozan knows his role is to lead off the court as well as on it.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2022
• Tatis led off the third inning with a home run on a full-count pitch.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2025
• Hicks led off the game with a walk and Lopez singled.
  — Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
• Michael Busch had led off the inning with a home run.
  — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• Ohtani led off the first inning with a single.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
• Garcia led off the game with a double.
  — Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2026
• Kiel led off the inning with a three-pitch strikeout.
  — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
• Andujar led off with a home run.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
• Evans led off the inning with a solo home run to trim the lead.
  — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
• Wood led off the bottom of the first with a walk, his first of four on the day.
  — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
• Shohei Ohtani led off with one of his three singles in the game.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 15 June 2025
• Paddington was led off stage in an adorable moment.
  — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
• Balls led off with another hit-by-pitch.
  — Dave Montrose, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
• Then struck out again leading off the top of the fifth inning.
  — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
• Pinango led off the sixth with a line-drive home run to center.
  — Miami Herald, 26 May 2026
• Kuemper was soon led off the ice, having made five saves.
  — CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
• Robert has led off 60 innings this year — and has eight hits!
  — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 11 July 2025
• Shortly past the trailhead, a small trail leads off to the right.
  — Daniel Bromfield, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2025
• Teel led off the seventh with a home run, his fifth of the season.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
• The Cubs led off the eighth with back-to-back walks but failed to score again.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025