How to Use infield in a Sentence

infield

noun
  • The team has one of the best infields in the league.
  • He threw the ball across the infield.
  • Sim played both corners in the infield for the Toreros as well as the outfield.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Second and third, one out, can't get the ball out of the infield, and then didn't get the two-out hit.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2023
  • For the second straight day, the next three batters failed to get a ball out of the infield.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • On the third pitch, with the Dodgers infield still playing in, Guillorme swung.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
  • Lowe hit a one-out double in the fifth and scored on an infield single from Heim.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 13 May 2023
  • For keeping the sun out of your eyes on the infield, a classic Panama style is a must.
    Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The music festival takes place in the infield at the racetrack.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2023
  • Many of the fans that filled the stands and the infield on Sunday, giving the track one of its biggest crowds in years, did not return to see the end of the race.
    Larry Lage, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The infield baseball diamond will become the arena, and the warm-up area will be in left field in front of the bullpen.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Grounded into a double play, couldn't get the ball out of the infield, a lot of ground-ball outs, quite a few punch outs.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The Braves scored all of their four runs in the fifth inning despite getting only two balls out of the infield.
    Paul Newberry, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The stage is located on the edge of the infield of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club racetrack and faces the grandstand.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Crawford put the Mariners ahead, 2-0, with an infield single.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2023
  • Endy Rodriguez reached on an infield single to score a run.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Haase opened the inning with a double and advanced to third base on Baddoo's groundout to the right side of the infield.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2023
  • In the sixth inning, with runners on second and third, the Astros pulled their infield in.
    Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Paul Goldschmidt held the final out in his glove and walked steadily towards the center of the infield.
    The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Tony Gwynn hired Martinez as a third base/infield coach in July 2005.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • What we’re now left with is the two remaining Opening Day starters, both who reside on the left side of the infield.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 20 Mar. 2023
  • He was clocked at 31.2 feet per second on his infield single in the first inning.
    Gordon Wittenmyer, The Enquirer, 11 June 2023
  • Meadows flew out to Sosa in shallow right-center field, but Sosa threw the ball to nobody in the middle of the infield.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Smith earned all-Big West honors for the second straight season while playing the left side of the infield for the Tritons.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2023
  • And sliding backwards through the infield, making it through that safe?
    Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Justin Turner leading to some major turnover in the infield.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • An infield single and walk put two on for Votto in the top of the fourth and the Reds first baseman crushed a three-run homer to right-center to knot the score at 4-4.
    Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2023
  • Pelayo said the little league has begun paying to maintain the infields.
    Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • My favorite, All-Star second baseman Ron Hunt, never got the ball out of the infield.
    Barry Jacobs – Columnist, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Water from the stable area pumped into the infield lake is treated at an on-site plant.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023

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