How to Use line drive in a Sentence

line drive

noun

• He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
• The shot left his hands like a line drive and clanged off the rim.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2022
• The first pitch of the inning was a line drive base hit to right field.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2022
• His line drive to left cleared the wall for a grand slam that tied the score.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
• The line drive Rutschman hit in the bottom of the 10th inning Thursday?
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022
• His 377-foot line drive hit off the top of the wall in right field and fell for a single.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 14 Sep. 2022
• But in the top of the second, Daz Cameron hit a line drive off Keller, which knocked him out of the game.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2022
• The third run scored on a line drive to right by Juan Soto.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2022
• But this is just a straight-line drive with his off hand, all the way to the rim, on Huerter.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2021
• Both plays – the Smith line drive grab and the Durán throw – impressed Woodward.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 22 June 2022
• The line drive left Brown’s bat at 101 mph, with an A’s runner on third base.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2022
• O’Neale just allows a straight-line drive to beat him here.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Nov. 2021
• Soler hit a line drive shot that barely cleared the wall.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2021
• In the eighth inning, Friedl saw a line drive sailing over his head.
  — The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2022
• Cleveland pitcher Herb Score had been hit in the eye by a line drive.
  — cleveland, 15 Apr. 2022
• McGowan gave the Ducks an early lead with a line drive homer to center in the first.
  — oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2023
• Even his lone out was scorched, a 102.2-mph line drive caught in center field.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
• Our approach was to hit a line drive up the middle and just let the off-speed get in our bat path.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 24 June 2022
• The crowd cheered, the line drive bouncing into center field.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
• Barry Larkin diving up the middle to snag a line drive?
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2023
• At his best, Mancini is a line drive hitter with just enough loft to take the ball out of any park.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• The five-time Silver Slugger hit a line drive back through the middle that struck the right-handed Blair on the side of the face.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2023
• But his 379-foot line drive to center field was caught at the warning track.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2022
• In the top of the 10th, with no outs and the game tied at 3, Altuve gave the Astros the lead with a line drive, solo home run off Josh Fields.
  — Bryan C. Parker, Chron, 1 Nov. 2021
• With Rizzo jogging to first, Tucker leaped into the wall and grabbed the line drive for the third out.
  — Jake Seiner, Chron, 23 June 2022
• Schneider followed with a line drive to right field that Verdugo caught and fired to the plate.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• Besides the double plays, Smith raced to catch up to a sinking line drive to right field from the Dodgers' Cody Bellinger in the top of the sixth.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2022
• On a line drive ground ball into the left field corner in the third inning, the Reds defense saved a run.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2022
• Perez hit a line drive off a wall at the base of the left field foul pole that deflected into left field.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2022
• Then every one watched Goldschmidt hit a line drive over the right field fence for the the sixth, seventh and eighth runs of the inning.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 20 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024