How to Use changeup in a Sentence

changeup

noun

• The batter struck out on a changeup.
• To see that and to see the changeup thrown for strikes and the slider was good.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
• Bracho threw a changeup, 85.5 mph, right over the heart of the plate.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023
• The first pitch was an 88-mph changeup away, off the plate, surely a ball.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• Martínez got ahead 0-2 and threw a changeup, his best pitch.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2022
• And his curveball/changeup mix might be the best mix of secondary stuff in the system.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
• June was the only month in which his changeup usage was south of 60%.
  — Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2022
• He's got a two-plane slider and a changeup that has some tumble to it.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 11 July 2023
• Baseball America said the changeup might be the best in this year’s draft.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 17 July 2022
• Ohtani taught him a grip for his split-finger changeup.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• Dodgers hitters whiffed on 11 of their 26 swings against his changeup.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 31 July 2022
• The emotion rushed over Franklin outfielder Max Clark as soon as the 2-0 changeup cleared the right-field fence.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2022
• Some of his best tools are a power changeup and a hard slider.
  — Austin Knoblauchassistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
• His fastball is in the mid to upper 80s and that makes his changeup play up a little bit more.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2023
• The changeup struck him above the elbow protector on his right arm.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2022
• Gurriel clobbered the hung changeup 403 feet to left field.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2023
• With the team trailing 3-2 in the eighth, Muncy turned on a hanging changeup for his 25th home run of the season and fourth in his last five games.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
• Jarred Kelenic hammered a changeup for a two-run shot, his fourth of the season.
  — Kristie Ackert, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2022
• That figure falls even lower in at-bats that end with a changeup.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 12 May 2023
• Ten came on his four-seamer and changeup, the most whiffs that tandem has produced in any of his games.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2022
• One out later, Duvall lined a low changeup down the line in left field for his seventh homer.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
• Instead of a changeup, though, Castro received a fastball in the strike zone.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2022
• Williamson features a four-pitch mix with a low-90s fastball, a slider, a curveball and a changeup.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 16 May 2023
• There were six changeups, four breaking balls, three cut fastballs, and two sinkers.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
• Perez had a two-run homer to center as Walter left a changeup on the outer corner.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
• Castillo debuted with the Reds in 2017 as a mid-tier prospect with a changeup and a sinker that gave him some upside.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 28 July 2022
• For the 13 whiffs, Skubal earned them on eight four-seam fastballs, three sliders, one two-seam fastball and one changeup.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2022
• Working in a changeup a little more often, Gray got 22 swings and misses along the way.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 8 June 2023
• The analysis: Good changeup on that drive for the Patriots, who showed some hurry-up that kept the Jets on their heels.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
• His fastball topped out at 101 mph and his changeup was a dominant weapon.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 31 July 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024