line out
verb
lined out; lining out; lines out
1
: to indicate with or as if with lines : outline
line out a route
2
: to arrange in an extended line
1
: to move rapidly
lined out for home
2
: to make an out by hitting a baseball in a line drive that is caught
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Braves starting pitcher Gavin Cervantes got a strikeout for the inning’s second out and Warren Gravely IV lined out to Braves shortstop James Clark to end the inning.
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Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
Acuña grounded out leading off the first inning and lined out to the second baseman in the third inning, with both of those at-bats against Francisco Morao, another 19-year-old Venezuelan righty.
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Key moment The Cubs put runners on second and third with one out in the 10th, but Crow-Armstrong struck out swinging and Swanson lined out to third.
—Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
The Yankees had a chance in the bottom of the ninth, but Edwin Díaz struck out pinch-hitter Austin Wells, induced a line out from Ben Rice and fanned Aaron Judge, ending the game and cementing an 0-for-5 day for the pinstripers’ captain.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
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Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
Acuña grounded out leading off the first inning and lined out to the second baseman in the third inning, with both of those at-bats against Francisco Morao, another 19-year-old Venezuelan righty.
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Key moment The Cubs put runners on second and third with one out in the 10th, but Crow-Armstrong struck out swinging and Swanson lined out to third.
—Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
The Yankees had a chance in the bottom of the ninth, but Edwin Díaz struck out pinch-hitter Austin Wells, induced a line out from Ben Rice and fanned Aaron Judge, ending the game and cementing an 0-for-5 day for the pinstripers’ captain.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
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“Line out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20out. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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