Examples of breaking ball in a Sentence
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With the bases loaded, Miller’s breaking ball backed up and nicked Smith on the elbow guard to tie the game and set up Muncy’s eventual sacrifice fly just deep enough to center field to score Ohtani.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 21 May 2025
That’s the best it’s been all year, and then the breaking ball was nasty.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
Just the one breaking ball got away from him there and (Kansas City) was able to score the run.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
Ramos chopped the breaking ball weakly to the third-base side and sprinted up the line to try to beat out a single.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 21 May 2025
That’s the best it’s been all year, and then the breaking ball was nasty.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
Just the one breaking ball got away from him there and (Kansas City) was able to score the run.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
Ramos chopped the breaking ball weakly to the third-base side and sprinted up the line to try to beat out a single.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Breaking ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breaking%20ball. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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