How to Use fly ball in a Sentence

fly ball

noun
  • He hit a long fly ball to left field.
  • Lots of fly balls in the sweet spot - and lots of Shohei Ohtani.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Those two plays came on top of the five fly balls Corbin caught.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 17 June 2019
  • Hayes launched a high fly ball down the right field line that hit the foul pole.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 9 June 2021
  • The catchable fly ball bounced on the track and over the fence for a ground-rule double.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2021
  • Varsho was close to a home run with a long fly ball to the base of the fence in the second inning.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The one that was put in play was a jammed fly ball into left field.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Bauer’s pitch count hit 108 when Nick Ahmed hit a fly ball down the right-field line.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021
  • Mullin got the final out on a fly ball to center, but the game was tied, 7-7.
    — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Two runs scored in the third inning after a fly ball was lost in the sun.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 13 Sep. 2020
  • Ryleigh Johnson then hit the fly ball that drove in the second run.
    — Paul Boyd, arkansasonline.com, 26 Apr. 2024
  • But his deep fly ball to right field died at the warning track.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2022
  • Matzek, though, promptly forced a fly ball off the bat of Michael Brantley to end the threat.
    — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The rookie failed to tag up on a deep fly ball and advance to third base.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 6 Apr. 2022
  • In the bottom of the third, Resing led off with a long fly ball to centerfield.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 30 May 2022
  • In the bottom of the fifth, the Giants’ Curt Casali skied a fly ball to deep right-center field.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2021
  • Then, with two outs, Semien smacked a fly ball to deep right-center field.
    — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Ibáñez caught the fly ball for the second out and fired a bullet to catcher Jake Rogers for the third out.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2023
  • With one out, Alec Bohm lifted a fly ball to deep left.
    — Aaron Bracy, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
  • With two outs, Ohtani lofted a high fly ball to center field that Bradley lost in the sun and the wind.
    — Jimmy Golen, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2022
  • But the 342-foot fly ball would not have been a home run in any other ballpark.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Davis came in and retired him on a deep fly ball to center.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Brock Holt gotten his hand around a tag at home plate on a fly ball out.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The count climbed full against Smith, who made solid contact on a fly ball.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2022
  • There were two on and two out in the eighth when Austin Nola lofted a fly ball down the left field line.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
  • That brought up Tyler Naquin, who sent a long fly ball to right-center.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2022
  • Nolan Coil came on and finished with two groundouts and a fly ball to left field.
    — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2021
  • The chances Realmuto takes fly balls in left field this spring are slim.
    — Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager challenged him with a deep fly ball.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Manny Machado has put the first pitch of an at-bat in play all five times the first pitch has been in the zone this spring, including a fly ball to the track in right-center field on Tuesday.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025

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