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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Flaherty didn’t give up a hit until Pete Crow-Armstrong singled with two on and one out in the fourth, but Ian Happ was thrown out at the plate by right fielder Kerry Carpenter, and the Cubs failed to score when Michael Busch lined out to center with the bases loaded, ending the threat.
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
After a walk to Gurriel Jr., Tawa lined out to end the carnage.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Jobe lasted two more batters — striking out Wilmer Flores and giving up a line out to right to Jung Hoo Lee — before Chapman grounded a single to left for his third hit of the game.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
But Hamilton lined out to center, leaving Boston’s newest big-leaguer standing on the diamond.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 25 May 2025
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
After a walk to Gurriel Jr., Tawa lined out to end the carnage.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Jobe lasted two more batters — striking out Wilmer Flores and giving up a line out to right to Jung Hoo Lee — before Chapman grounded a single to left for his third hit of the game.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
But Hamilton lined out to center, leaving Boston’s newest big-leaguer standing on the diamond.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 25 May 2025
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“Line out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20out. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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