How to Use breaking ball in a Sentence

breaking ball

noun

• The breaking ball, the curveball were up in the zone a lot.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
• The last one that tied the game was a hanging breaking ball.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 6 May 2023
• Dany made one bad pitch, a 3-2 breaking ball, and we got beat on it.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
• The home run came at the wrong spot, a first pitch breaking ball and the hitter put a good swing on it.
  — Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
• The right breaking ball can turn a fringe prospect into a big leaguer.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
• Pivetta tried to snap off a 1-2 breaking ball to Will Brennan that hit the Guardians’ right fielder.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• Keep an eye on righty Landen Roupp, whose breaking ball is major league ready.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• His fastball hovered in the low 90s, and his breaking ball kept Indians on their toes.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
• Patrick Bailey followed with a walk, and J.D. Davis cleared the bases with his second home run of the spring, sending a 2-2 breaking ball onto the berm in left field.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• In the 10th, García jumped on a first pitch breaking ball from reliever Michael King and hammered it into the left field seats with Lowe on second.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 24 June 2023
• The senior mixes in a sharp breaking ball and his ability to throw it for strikes kept Fishers off balance all game.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
• Facing a two-strike count, Pham slammed a hanging breaking ball from Nola over the left field fence to lead off the second inning with a solo home run.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2023
• Kelly sailed one fastball over Alex Bregman’s head and backed Yuli Gurriel off the plate with an inside breaking ball.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• Of guys still on staff, Josh Sborz, thanks to a sometimes devastating breaking ball, had the second-highest at 15.5%.
  — Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2023
• The sweeper never looks like a fastball, but baits the hitter by seeming like a hittable breaking ball before darting away from the bat.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
• With two outs and a runner on second, Torkelson drilled a breaking ball from right-hander Drew Rasmussen into left field.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2023
• Typically, that count against a right-handed hitter would call for a breaking ball.
  — The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2023
• After riding the pine for most of the game, the player must quickly get loose and face a relief pitcher, who is often throwing upwards of 100 mph with a nasty breaking ball.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2023
• But Brandon Nimmo blasted a breaking ball for a home run and Daniel Vogelbach clubbed a fastball for another in the next two innings.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
• Valdez was excellent, but the fact that Josh Bell was traded right before game time -- just beating the 6 p.m. deadline -- played a part in that no-no just as much as Valdez’s unhittable breaking ball did.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
• His breaking ball was effective, with the Diamondbacks putting only one of his 26 slurves into play.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• His devastating breaking ball has led to strikeouts all season, but Gorman crushed a slider that landed outside of the strike zone and pulled it down the right field line to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 25 May 2023
• Think of it as a pitcher who throws primarily off-speed pitches with a sharp breaking ball rather than overpowering a batter with fastballs.
  — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
• Well, breaking ball artists are more susceptible to injury and performance breakdowns over time.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• Pivetta has replaced his traditional curve with a harder breaking ball.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2023
• Enlow surrendered a pair of hits to Ohtani but allowed only two other base runners over his three innings, even coaxing an empty two-strike swing from Freddie Freeman on a sharp breaking ball for his second strikeout.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
• All year, his sinker and changeup have been outstanding pitches, but he’s lacked a consistent breaking ball as a complement, his slider often representing a vulnerability.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 Sep 2024