How to Use long ball in a Sentence

long ball

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  • The Braves tied it in the bottom half with a long ball of their own.
    — Paul Newberry, ajc, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The long ball in the third frame was his second in four games.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The Royals relied on the long ball against the Dodgers.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2024
  • His third homer in two games and 22nd on the season, the long ball put the Mets up 2-1 on the Braves.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
  • In three games against the Angels, the A’s slugged nine home runs and scored 13 of 19 runs via the long ball.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 May 2021
  • Arias, who entered the match in the 70th minute, played the long ball for Acosta to latch on to.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 4 June 2023
  • The Beavers were in the lead for all but the first two minutes, as the long ball was working.
    — oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2021
  • One through eight can beat you on a long ball or base hit.
    — Steve Overbey, ajc, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The long ball doomed the Hurricanes in their two games.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2022
  • Read more: Shane Greene has been prone to the long ball this season.
    — Vito Chirco, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2018
  • Tatum, like some of his teammates, have been prone to fall in love with the long ball.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The long ball was Hiura's eighth of the season and fourth against the Pirates.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Danny Wilson broke up a long ball in the 61st minute of his first start of the year.
    — Jake Shapiro, The Denver Post, 17 July 2020
  • Yeah, he’s been bitten by the long ball the last 2 ½ outings.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The Cubs went back to the long ball to re-establish a seven-run lead in the sixth.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 July 2019
  • But Peoples-Jones still tracked and snagged a long ball for six.
    — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The long ball was once again working for TCU, who knocked eight out of the park during the week.
    — Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Home runs hurt Boyd Without help from the bats, Boyd would have been doomed by the long ball.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2021
  • The Timbers’ best chance of the first half came in the 32nd minute off a long ball to Felipe Mora.
    — Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2021
  • The governor had not thrown the long ball, per the wisdom of the CNN pundits.
    — Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Murray might have been aware of what was at stake with Mills’ long ball.
    — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 25 Jan. 2021
  • For the second time in as many days, Castro played long ball.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2021
  • And the sixth was the one Jones mentioned when asked about his successful day with the long ball.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Off the opening kickoff, Ben Puch played a long ball over the top, and Mauder buried the shot.
    — Michael Osipoff, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Moar won a long ball and set up substitute, Lamin Jawneh to have a strike on goal in the 66th minute.
    — Partner Content, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2022
  • The long ball has been a familiar item for Kaprielian against the Rays.
    — Sam Warren, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2023
  • The long ball was O’Hearn’s 13th with the Orioles, with nine of them tying or giving the Orioles the lead.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The Marlins had seized a 1-0 lead when Jazz Chisholm Jr. struck a leadoff homer in the first, his 11th long ball of the year, to right field.
    — Miami Herald, 10 July 2024
  • Justin Johnson ripped his 16th long ball of the year off a light fixture in the outfield.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 10 June 2023
  • Four batters later, Ruiz drove in three runs with his fifth long ball.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, Washington Post, 7 July 2024

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