How to Use changeup in a Sentence

changeup

noun

• The batter struck out on a changeup.
• Prager throws a fastball in the mid-to-low 90s, and also throws a changeup.
  — Sam Blum, Dallas News, 15 June 2021
• Now, the dynamic closer is starting to turn heads with his changeup.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2021
• His fastball/changeup combo is his bread-and-butter, while his slider is a work in progress.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2021
• Next came a changeup, which naturally had elicited a bang.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021
• And Ober did so, mixing a slider, curve and changeup with his low-90s fastball.
  — Star Tribune, 11 June 2021
• Anderson recorded six strikeouts, five with his changeup.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2021
• Rhys Hoskins homered on a changeup after dodging a 95 mph fastball near his head.
  — sun-sentinel.com, 27 May 2021
• Norris pumped in swinging strikeouts with his changeup and slider, and reached 94 mph with his fastball.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2021
• Peréz effectively used his changeup, worked the corners and used a high fastball more than in previous starts.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2021
• Poteet flummoxed the Mets with a changeup, slider and 95 mph fastball.
  — Steven Wine, sun-sentinel.com, 23 May 2021
• Manoah walked LeMahieu on four pitches but then struck out Rougned Odor on three pitches, the last a changeup.
  — Larry Fleisher, Star Tribune, 27 May 2021
• The second home run came on Marshall's changeup and traveled 379 feet to left-center field.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2021
• Mize finished his 97-pitch performance with seven swings and misses — two each with his slider, four-seam fastball and changeup.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2021
• The homer came on a changeup that hung at the top of the strike zone.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 9 June 2022
• To see that and to see the changeup thrown for strikes and the slider was good.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
• The 6-foot-3 Wicks is armed with arguably the best changeup in the draft class.
  — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2021
• Ahead in the count 2-0, Ramírez whiffed on a changeup low and over the middle of the plate.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 23 May 2022
• Bracho threw a changeup, 85.5 mph, right over the heart of the plate.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023
• Akin’s changeup and slider were among the five worst in the league.
  — Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 24 Jan. 2022
• The first pitch was an 88-mph changeup away, off the plate, surely a ball.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• Martínez got ahead 0-2 and threw a changeup, his best pitch.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2022
• Smith was looking for the changeup from Clarke, and got it.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2022
• And then the changeup got better as the outing went along.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
• There was just one blemish on the changeup’s pitch chart.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2021
• And his curveball/changeup mix might be the best mix of secondary stuff in the system.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
• The 6-foot-2 righty uses a changeup and a curveball, too.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2021
• The only mistake was a changeup to Josh Smith on a full count.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2024
• Good little cutter away from the righties, a curveball, and a good changeup away from the lefties.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2024
• Got the slider involved, got the changeup involved, threw a couple sinkers.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024