Examples of fly ball in a Sentence
He hit a long fly ball to left field.
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Those were both in the third — a walk to start the inning and a catcher interference with one out before Cease escaped by getting a fly ball out to center field by lead-off batter Ben Rice and striking out Judge.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2025
His average fly ball exit speed (91.6 mph) was only in the league average range, however.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Francisco Lindor hit a two-run double in the top of the ninth off left-hander Jose Castillo, and Soto drove him home with a fly ball after the shortstop advanced to third.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
The Cubs had runners in scoring position in the second, third and fourth innings but came away with only one run on a windblown fly ball by Pete Crow-Armstrong that blew in several feet and eluded Heliot Ramos in left for an RBI double.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2025
His average fly ball exit speed (91.6 mph) was only in the league average range, however.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Francisco Lindor hit a two-run double in the top of the ninth off left-hander Jose Castillo, and Soto drove him home with a fly ball after the shortstop advanced to third.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
The Cubs had runners in scoring position in the second, third and fourth innings but came away with only one run on a windblown fly ball by Pete Crow-Armstrong that blew in several feet and eluded Heliot Ramos in left for an RBI double.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
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“Fly ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20ball. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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