How to Use center field in a Sentence

center field

noun

• She used to be a shortstop but now she plays center field.
• Joel set up shop in center field, where large white floorboards protected grass and dirt.
  — Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 17 Feb. 2022
• Hill can play in the slot, box or center field, his 4.38 speed a welcome trait at any of those spots.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2022
• Kwan, 24, is a left-handed hitter who has spent most of his time playing center field and hitting leadoff.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2021
• Kwan’s best position is center field, but the Guardians already have Myles Straw there.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2021
• In daily sessions during this minicamp, the switch-hitting Dominguez works on his power swing and his center field defense.
  — Pete Caldera, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2022
• With short porches in both right and left field and a massive center field area, the intrigue and strategy alone would make for must-see TV.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2022
• Freidl and outfielder Shogo Akiyama have a similar profile in center field.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 18 Feb. 2022
• Hernandez made at least nine appearances at six different positions (first base, second base, third base, shortstop, left field and center field) and even pitched in four games.
  — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 15 Oct. 2024
• McCutchen’s relative stationary left field play and the club’s revolving door in center field were the primary reasons why.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• Kells now does about 80% of their climbing, including a job at the Giants’ ballpark that required fixing a flagpole rope on top of the huge scoreboard behind center field.
  — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
• Weiss looked for pull hitters, because the Polo Grounds had ridiculously short fences in the right and left field corners and a cavernous center field of nearly 500 feet.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 15 Feb. 2022
• The 22-year-old was in the leadoff spot and in center field.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
• Pache started 49 of the A’s first 57 games in center field.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 June 2022
• There used to be dark spots in the left-field corner, deep center field, and in the right-field gap.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
• But his 379-foot line drive to center field was caught at the warning track.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2022
• As the ball sailed out to right center field, Casey Wensley pointed up at the sky.
  — Aj Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
• In the 11th inning, Enos Slaughter hit a fly ball to deep center field.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• The result: a two-run double Muncy lined to left-center field, putting the Dodgers (37-20) in front for the first time.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
• Puk entered and gave up a drive to center field by Cal Raleigh.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2022
• Then Josh Naylor got hold of a cutter over the plate and launched it 399 feet over the center field wall.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 30 Aug. 2022
• The Mariners won it in the seventh on Rodriguez’s inside-the-park homer to right center field.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 1 Apr. 2022
• The Tigers kept the comeback alive with two outs when Greene hit a line-drive single to center field.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2023
• And Friday, for the second time in the last three games, Martinez was in center field and Taveras on the bench.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
• In the first inning, Davidson crushed one to dead center field that looked to be gone.
  — Pj Brown, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2022
• Ohtani made more noise in the fifth inning on a triple hit into the gap in left-center field.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022
• Straw and Kwan worked a double steal and scored on Rosario’s double off the center field wall for a 3-0 lead.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 July 2023
• Sellers belted a double to the left-center field gap to clear the bases and send the Saints to Oxford.
  — al, 14 May 2022
• About an hour before the game, Darvish walked into center field and dropped to a knee.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• Michael Helman closed the scoring with a two-run home run to center field.
  — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 1 May 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024