How to Use off the bat in a Sentence

off the bat

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• This speech was four pages long, with no stops, and that could have been quite a lot to just receive off the bat.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 July 2026
• With a man on and one out, a Guerrero single and a grounder off the bat of George Springer followed.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
• Their only run came from a double play grounded off the bat of Jasson Dominguez in the ninth inning.
  — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
• The Yanks were only able to manage one extra-base hit off the bat of Trent Grisham in the ninth.
  — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
• But New York got to him in the fifth, inducing three walks while getting a two-run homer off the bat of Max Schuemann.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 July 2026
• In the fourth, Johnson gave up a leadoff single to Julio Rodríguez but erased that threat by inducing a double play off the bat of Canzone.
  — Doug Miller, Oc Register, 30 June 2026
• With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, right fielder Jung Hoo Lee appeared to misread what should’ve been an inning-ending fly out off the bat of Duran.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026