How to Use leadoff in a Sentence

leadoff

noun

• The leadoff hitter went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI.
  — Mike Perrin | , al, 8 Apr. 2023
• Mike Clevinger allowed a leadoff single in the bottom of the first and then Hoskins’ first homer of the game that cut the lead to 4-2.
  — Dan Gelston, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2022
• Bader, acquired at the deadline from St. Louis, tied the score with a leadoff homer in the third.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2022
• Laureano stretched the lead to 4-0 with a leadoff homer off Andrew Haney in the fifth.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2023
• Rays leadoff hitter Yandy Díaz hit a low line drive that snuck over the left field wall to give the Rays the lead right away.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2023
• One of the symbols of this style is Kwan, the team’s leadoff hitter and Gold Glove left fielder.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2022
• The Sox had a .295 on-base percentage from the leadoff spot last season.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
• On Monday, the Rangers got a leadoff homer from Marcus Semien on the first pitch of the bottom of the first and then … nothing.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• Jarred Kelenic crushed a leadoff homer against Martínez in the fourth inning.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Sep. 2022
• Twins leadoff hitter Donovan Solano hit a two-out home run in the top of the third inning to cut the Rangers’ lead to 4-1.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
• Yoshida projects as the leadoff hitter in the Red Sox lineup.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• Some of the 5-foot-8 Picklin’s best traits are ones that any team would want in its leadoff hitter.
  — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2023
• Betts now has 25 leadoff homers as a Dodger, four shy of the franchise record of 29 set by Davey Lopes.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2023
• As a result, the leadoff batter was awarded a 1-0 count to start the inning.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2023
• The last time the Padres were in the playoffs in a full season in front of fans in 2006, Roberts was their leadoff hitter and left fielder.
  — Beth Harris, ajc, 11 Oct. 2022
• After a leadoff walk in the fourth, Means retired the next six batters to end his night at 86 pitches.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
• Back in the leadoff spot, Harrison Bader had three hits and scored three times for New York.
  — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2022
• The Bruins' Mikayla Milby went 3-for-4 with a homer and two runs scored from the leadoff spot Thursday.
  — Jake Adams, The Courier-Journal, 7 May 2023
• The Yankees’ Gleyber Torres struck a leadoff doublein the top of the sixth inning off Houck.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• India accepted a move down to fifth in the lineup, and De La Cruz embraced a bump up to the leadoff spot.
  — The Enquirer, 31 July 2023
• Betts has driven in 105 runs in the leadoff spot, the most in a season in major league history .
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
• Stanford took the winning run with a leadoff single in the eighth that moved to third on a passed ball and wild pitch from Owen Stevenson.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2023
• Even some fill-in duty as the Dodgers’ leadoff hitter the last couple days, while Mookie Betts was away for the birth of his child.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• The third inning started with a leadoff single from Jonathan Schoop.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2023
• Zach McKinstry, the leadoff hitter, shifted from third base to right field.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2023
• Perez popped out on his three previous at-bats as the leadoff hitter.
  — J.c. Carnahan, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
• Game 1 was tied after 5 1/2 innings, but Yuli Gurriel changed that in the bottom of the sixth with a leadoff home run off Clarke Schmidt.
  — Josh Criswell, Chron, 5 Nov. 2022
• Bonilla made the adjustment, smoked a leadoff homer, and the Marlins won in 11 innings.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• Christian Yelich got things started with a leadoff walk then went to third on a one-out single by Luke Voit.
  — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
• Pivetta fell behind, 2-0, to leadoff hitter Steven Kwan, but fought back to even it up.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024