How to Use strikeout in a Sentence

strikeout

noun

• The duo had tied with eight strikeouts as the previous high.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2024
• Michael Maywood came on in relief, then got the next two outs on a grounder and a strikeout.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024
• After a strikeout by José Altuve, Peña came to the plate with the Astros down to their last out.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 13 Oct. 2022
• One analyst ranked him as the second best strikeout artist in the league.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
• His strikeout rate and hit rate were career-best marks.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 19 Oct. 2022
• Abreu took over in the bottom of the seventh and struck out the side, with Montero adding a strikeout in a 1-2-3 eighth inning.
  — Josh Criswell, Chron, 2 Nov. 2022
• De León tied a WBC record with 10 strikeouts in 5⅔ innings.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023
• Starting a not fully healthy, strikeout-prone CT3 in Games 3 and 4.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2022
• The 31-year-old allowed four runs on two hits and three walks with two strikeouts across 2⅓ innings.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2023
• Miguel Cabrera, the eldest player on the roster, made up for a pair of strikeouts with a pair of walks.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2023
• Anderson went 0-for-2 with two strikeouts in his first game since the fight.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• Senior Kristin White tossed a no-hitter with just one walk and 14 strikeouts.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2023
• His bunt went foul with two strikes, resulting in a strikeout.
  — Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 6 Nov. 2022
• The sophomore right-hander attacked the zone in the fourth and fifth, but lost command after back-to-back strikeouts.
  — oregonlive, 23 Apr. 2023
• One batter later, Schmidt came to bat for his strikeout against Ken Forsch.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2022
• Cease allowed one run on four hits with eight strikeouts and one walk in 5 1/3 innings.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
• That included going 0 for 10 with four strikeouts when the teams met right after the All-Star break.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
• Mulkey hit for the cycle and pitched five innings with five strikeouts in a 16-3 victory against Taft.
  — David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Mar. 2023
• So, while the strikeout numbers are eye popping, so are the innings and injury numbers.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• Trey Mancini, the former Cub, also is off to a slow start (1 for 13, six strikeouts) in his bid to win a backup first base/DH job.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
• Zoey Kugelman was great in the circle, allowing just one run on five hits with a walk and two strikeouts vs. the Golden Bears.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 9 May 2023
• Freeman followed with a strikeout on a pitch that was also wide of the zone, only his was also above it.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• The Ole Miss commit allowed two runs in four innings with one hit, five walks and seven strikeouts.
  — Michael Huntley, Orange County Register, 5 Apr. 2024
• This winter, Pobereyko pitched for Algodoneros de Guasave and led the league with 73 strikeouts in 70⅓ innings.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2023
• All of Schmidt's strikeouts were swinging, four with an 86 mph sweeper than kept the Rockies off balance.
  — Jack Magruder, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
• That his strikeouts are down does not detract from what has been a dominant season for a flawed team.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• Eickhoff allowed four four runs (three earned) on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 13 May 2023
• He’s made five appearances against the Yankees (three starts) and has 19 strikeouts in 19 innings.
  — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• Black likes Lawrence’s nasty stuff and ability to get out of trouble via strikeouts or groundball outs.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2024
• Going into his final start of the year against Kansas City, Rodón had 64 strikeouts.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024