How to Use outfield in a Sentence

outfield

noun
  • The team has one of the best outfields in the league.
  • He threw the ball to home plate from the outfield.
  • His best fit may be as a DH with maybe a third of his games in the outfield.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
  • For the first time in a long time the Guardians have a functional outfield.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The new outfield walls for Rickwood Field will be padded.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Left fielder Aaron Hicks ran across the outfield but dropped the ball while tumbling to the grass.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The ball traveled far enough in the outfield for Rogers to score and the Tigers to take a 1-0 lead on the sacrifice fly.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Scars of the 2011 debacle are just as fresh as those skinned knees in the outfield.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 24 May 2023
  • Justin Johnson ripped his 16th long ball of the year off a light fixture in the outfield.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 10 June 2023
  • That said, don’t expect to see much of Soler in the outfield.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Left fielder Austin Hays will start in the outfield, and Cano and Bautista will likely pitch out of the bullpen.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2023
  • Where to sit: Bring a blanket and lounge on the grass berm overlooking the outfield.
    Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Bellinger could still sign in a hybrid first base/outfield role.
    Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • If the Phillies had pulled off the road wins, the team planned to celebrate by jumping into the outfield pool.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Attendees basked in the bright sun sitting in the outfield of the park’s baseball field.
    Jenna Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2023
  • Calhoun has played mostly first base with one start at DH and the other in the outfield.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Video taken from the outfield stands showed one person run up to Acuña and put his arm around him.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Vierling projects as an Opening Day starter in the outfield.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Lovullo said Lewis might start in the outfield on Wednesday night.
    Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2023
  • At least in the last 100 years since Babe Ruth switched from pitching to merely playing the outfield.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • O'Donnell had a team-best six outfield assists and made just one error in 197 chances.
    Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Verdugo slipped on the outfield grass in his attempt to play the ball off the wall, allowing Kwan to score from first.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
  • However, the Earth is a small mitt in a vast empty outfield.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The home run, the first of his major league career, flew into the gap between the top of the green fence at the 362-foot mark and the bottom of the lowest stands in the outfield.
    Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Nimmo had to improve his routes and tracking in the outfield to stay in center field and stay in the lineup.
    Abbey Mastracco, Hartford Courant, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Because with a man aboard, if the ball drops in a particular place in the outfield grass, chances are the runner scores.
    John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Langford had never played outfield to that point, but the Gators had an opening in left.
    R.j. Coyle, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
  • Jake Fraley opened the bottom of the inning with a walk, and then Henry Ramos hit a fly ball into the outfield.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 6 May 2023
  • In the eighth, Braves catcher Sean Murphy hit what appeared to be a routine fly to the outfield, and Suzuki reached up to glove the ball.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Gordon could see time at all three outfield spots and second base.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024

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