How to Use line drive in a Sentence

line drive

noun

• He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
• Reid then got on a line drive to third to end the threat.
  — Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 8 Feb. 2018
• Mazara turned on the pitch for a line drive to right field.
  — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 8 June 2018
• The shot left his hands like a line drive and clanged off the rim.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2022
• The line drive struck Flowers’ glove and dropped to the ground.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 13 May 2021
• The treatment hit Ruth like a line drive to the throat.
  — Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020
• The first pitch of the inning was a line drive base hit to right field.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2022
• The Dodgers went ahead in the top of the seventh on a line drive off the bat of Bellinger.
  — Jake Kaplan, Houston Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2017
• His line drive to left cleared the wall for a grand slam that tied the score.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
• Nicky Lopez’s line drive had struck him near the right hip.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2021
• The line drive Rutschman hit in the bottom of the 10th inning Thursday?
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022
• The goal is to hit the ball hard and hit line drives and barrel them up.
  — Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 17 Aug. 2024
• Springer gave one last burst of hope with a line drive.
  — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2019
• His 380-foot line drive hit the netting on the foul pole in left.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 19 June 2019
• Bassitt was struck on the side of the head by a line drive against the Chicago White Sox.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 18 Aug. 2021
• The right-hander took a line drive off his face in a 9-0 loss to the White Sox.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Sep. 2021
• His 377-foot line drive hit off the top of the wall in right field and fell for a single.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 14 Sep. 2022
• The gaps are huge, and line drive hitters can rake in Coors.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• But in the top of the second, Daz Cameron hit a line drive off Keller, which knocked him out of the game.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2022
• Six of his seven hits have been line drives off the bat.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2018
• The third run scored on a line drive to right by Juan Soto.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2022
• But this is just a straight-line drive with his off hand, all the way to the rim, on Huerter.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2021
• Both plays – the Smith line drive grab and the Durán throw – impressed Woodward.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 22 June 2022
• Gallo’s shot came off the bat at 114 mph, a line drive to right field.
  — Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2021
• Solano hit a line drive to center in his first at-bat and flied out to end the game.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 5 July 2019
• But this cross-court line drive was one of the special dishes.
  — Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
• The bottle traveled on a line drive and appeared to hit someone.
  — CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
• His first two outs were line drives to the center fielder.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2025
• Teoscar Hernandez’s line drive to center field was caught on a diving play, but Smith tagged home to cut the deficit.
  — Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
• Jake Rogers hit a line drive to short stop – in front of Spencer Torkelson.
  — Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025