How to Use center field in a Sentence

center field

noun

• She used to be a shortstop but now she plays center field.
• 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
• Tatis ends up in center field than that CJ Abrams is moved there.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• His sacrifice fly to center field scored Lowe to knot the score at four.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 18 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Amed Rosario followed with a triple into the right center field gap for a 4-3 lead.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 23 July 2022
• That means pitchers can no longer rub the ball and stare into center field, slowing the game to a crawl.
  — Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• Aaron Judge dropped a routine fly ball in center field.
  — Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
• Naquin, four years after being drafted, came out of nowhere to win the center field job in the spring of 2016.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 9 Apr. 2022
• How many third basemen have the athleticism to play center field in the big leagues?
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2022
• Shortstop Javier Báez drilled a three-run home run to center field with one out in the eighth inning.
  — Evan Petzold, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022
• The ball traveled 443 feet to right-center center field.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2025
• In some ways, center field is actually easier than the corners, Porter said.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 18 Feb. 2025