How to Use changeup in a Sentence

changeup

noun

• The batter struck out on a changeup.
• 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
• But with two outs and two on, David Dahl took a first-pitch changeup up in the zone for a strike.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 May 2021
• Prager throws a fastball in the mid-to-low 90s, and also throws a changeup.
  — Sam Blum, Dallas News, 15 June 2021
• And then the changeup got better as the outing went along.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
• The changeup that has been the backbone of his breakout carried the day.
  — Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 5 May 2021
• 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
• In his first at-bat, Gil threw him two changeups and a slider.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024
• June was the only month in which his changeup usage was south of 60%.
  — Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2022
• Bellinger struck out on a 94-mph Webb fastball in the third inning and on an 86-mph changeup in the fifth.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2021
• His split-finger changeup was one of the best in baseball in 2021.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2022
• Story was out in front of Caleb Smith's changeup on a 2-2 count, but reached out and pulled the ball down the left-field line.
  — David Brandt, Star Tribune, 2 May 2021
• He's got a two-plane slider and a changeup that has some tumble to it.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 11 July 2023
• But Soto then crushed a first-pitch, up-and-in changeup 384 feet to right for the second three-run homer of the frame.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
• He's got to work on his breaking ball and not be so predictable with the plus changeup.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2022
• Renfroe jumped on an 0-and-1 changeup in the seventh and drove the ball over the Green Monster for his 20th homer.
  — Doug Alden, courant.com, 14 Aug. 2021
• Miller hung a two-strike changeup to leadoff man Sean Bouchard.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
• Myers already threw a fastball, cutter, changeup and curve, but lacked a breaking pitch in the 84- to 86-mph range.
  — Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
• If you’re exhausted by stuffing and mashed potatoes, try throwing a changeup or two.
  — Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025