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
• With or without the breaking ball, the Yankees are counting on Hill to keep up the good work.
  — Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2024
• The fastball command, both sides of the plate, hits the low dart, the split down below that, stealing the strike with the breaking ball.
  — Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 11 Sep. 2024
• The breaking ball was a really good pitch for him tonight.
  — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
• The right breaking ball can turn a fringe prospect into a big leaguer.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
• With his main weapons doing the job, Weaver hasn’t needed a breaking ball.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 16 May 2024
• 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
• Grichuk tagged a hanging breaking ball from Beck for his second home run of the night, putting Arizona up 7-1 with a wall-scraper to left.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
• But unlike their battle the previous night, this breaking ball was not off the plate, but rather knee high and over the inner half.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
• 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
• His breaking ball comes in at 78-82 mph, but that’s not always a solace to batters on the receiving end.
  — Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
• After adjusting the grip on his slider a few weeks ago, Gil has thrown his breaking ball more than his high-90s heater in three straight starts.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
• The breaking ball got a little better and the location got a little bit better.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2024
• Neither has thrown a plus breaking ball so far, but both have been excellent pitchers at their best.
  — Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
• 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
• The next batter, Manny Machado, launched a breaking ball into the left-field seats, extending the Padres’ first-inning lead to 3-0.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Rodríguez generated seven whiffs with his breaking ball, the most he’s had in a single game in his young career.
  — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
• Bobby Miller of the Los Angeles Dodgers had practically zero time to react after his 80-mph breaking ball was smoked right back at him.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025