How to Use batting in a Sentence

batting

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  • Every player took batting practice on the field rather than one or two hanging back for cage work.
    — Jeff Wilson, Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Tommy Lasorda brought him back to the majors as the team’s batting and first base coach in 1979.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Players tried to stay loose during batting practice, but a heightened intensity level could be felt as the game progressed.
    — New York Times, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Gurriel is just the second Astros player in franchise history to win a batting title.
    — Matt Young, Chron, 3 Oct. 2021
  • LeMahieu, a two-time batting champ himself, has shown significant decline and had trouble staying healthy over the last few seasons.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Yuli Gurriel could become the only non-Jose Altuve to win a batting title for Astros.
    — Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2021
  • On a few Sunday mornings during this season, Votto was the only player taking pregame batting practice on the field.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Pacheco, a left-handed hitter, went through infield drills and took batting practice during his Sept. 20 visit, and Jobe tossed out the first pitch with his right arm the next day.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Would the Angels dare to move him down in the batting order?
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
  • Lay one of the 25-inch strips along the edge of the cotton batting with the right side visible.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • It’s almost made batting practice kind of a thing of the past.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 26 May 2023
  • Lane played for Team USA over the summer, batting cleanup.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The Phillies were strikeout- and home run-heavy in the lineup and any one of them can bring contact to the batting order.
    — Dan Gelston, ajc, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Even the white face mask on Jaquez’s batting helmet couldn’t hide the wide smile on her face.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
  • Blanket rolls of batting cost $0.10 to $1 per square foot.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 31 May 2023
  • The difference in the game, however, turned out to be the top of the Millersville batting order.
    — Brett Friedlander, The Indianapolis Star, 4 June 2023
  • Then again, judging by the lousy batting across the league in 2024, any team is a few key swings away from a hot streak.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Marin cleared the fence on a couple of batting practice drives.
    — Joe Frisaro, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
  • The quake even struck the New York Yankees’ batting practice.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Thomas tries to get a feel for the warning track in front of the wall during batting practice.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2022
  • Earlier in the day, Moore took batting practice with the team.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Max and Finn were in the yard with Papa Grande, working on their batting.
    — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • Get there early and watch the Rangers take batting practice.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Some will be, well, dogged, mouthing and batting and tipping the box, trying to get the top unlocked.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Ramirez, batting third behind Rosario, made his only out of the night with a bouncer back to the mound.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 15 June 2022
  • While effective in batting practice, the wheels on the machine scuff the surface of the ball from the very first pitch.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Neuse was Oakland’s hottest hitter in April, batting .328 for the month.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 May 2022
  • Want to take batting practice while having a couple cold ones with the boys?
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Aubrey Ultsch is back in the ninth spot in Antioch’s batting order, and that’s fine with her.
    — Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2023
  • Betts hit the ball hard, batting .316 in Boston’s farm system.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023

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