How to Use fielder in a Sentence

fielder

noun
  • The very next pitch, a 6-4-3 fielder’s choice that nabbed the runner at second but left the batter at first.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The right fielder takes the field in the first inning by hopping just before the first-base line, putting his cap and glove in his left hand and reaching toward the chalk line with his right hand.
    John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Aug. 2022
  • But Rafael Devers bounced into a fielder’s choice and Xander Bogaerts popped out.
    Ken Powtak, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2022
  • However, Lovullo sounded hesitant to give Varsho — his starting right fielder — too many reps behind the plate.
    Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 10 Aug. 2022
  • That’s where the All-Star right fielder was entering the Dodgers’ weekend series in Miami.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The ball hit at the base of the wall and went to center fielder Tim Locastro, who threw to second baseman Gleyber Torres.
    Warren Mayes, ajc, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Diaz, injured after colliding with center fielder Jake Meyers on a fly ball Thursday night, was out of the lineup.
    Steve Herrick, Chron, 6 Aug. 2022
  • To show his appreciation for the Cubs faithful, left fielder Ian Happ chucked a ball wrapped in $100 bills to the left stands on Sunday.
    Jamie Barton, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Buechele got a pair of fielder’s choice outs to end the inning.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The first run scored on a fielders choice after two of his walks.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
  • The right fielder stayed with the team for another six years.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 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 Sox got within a run when Zavala scored on a fielder’s choice.
    Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Center fielder Hunter Lamarr followed with a bunt for a hit to load the bases and bring the top of the lineup to the plate.
    Luke Lawhorn, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Grossman, a left fielder by nature, lost a pair of balls in the sun in right.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Jarett Boswell sends a deep line drive over the center fielder to walk it off.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2024
  • Williams called the right fielder out, but, again, the Phillies challenged and won, sending out more boos from the crowd.
    Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Left fielder Taylor Ward caught a fly ball against the wall to get Fulmer out of the fifth.
    Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 1 Aug. 2024
  • O’Hoppe didn’t know the hit would be a home run, but knew A’s left fielder Seth Brown wasn’t going to catch it.
    Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Starr worked around an error by his right fielder to get the final two outs of the game.
    Stephen Whitaker, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Center fielder David Mysza of La Salle will go five for five in a game.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Matt Thaiss pinch-hit and reached on a fielder’s choice, with a hustling Soto beating the throw to the plate to score.
    Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Maton was the lone arm of the bunch to be charged with a run as Ryan Jeffers drove in Buxton on a fielder’s choice in the top of the eighth.
    James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
  • Freeman, the center fielder and Snead State signee, went 2-for-3 and scored three runs.
    Skip Vaughn, al, 10 May 2023
  • De La Cruz scored on Sanchez’s fielder’s choice grounder to shortstop.
    Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
  • The mid-fielder played with the Canadian women's soccer team and won a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 7 Nov. 2022
  • For the second straight day, the Rangers scratched their center fielder from the starting lineup.
    Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Center fielder Brenton Doyle raced back, jumped and made a catch.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Gabby Alves led off the game with a double to left and reached third when Madison’s left fielder misplayed the ball.
    Stephen Whitaker, San Antonio Express-News, 1 May 2023
  • Crow-Armstrong had a big series with his glove in center fielder. . .
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024

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