How to Use first base in a Sentence

first base

noun

• She hit a ground ball to first base.
• He used to be a catcher, but now he plays first base.
• The clip showed the girl hitting the ball and running to first base.
  — Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
• Will Rogers on first base and hoped to put the ball in play.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2022
• DeShields’ father is the first base coach for the Reds.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 1 Sep. 2021
• The Guardians are no longer on red alert at first base.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2022
• Witt made the throw to first base, but Mountcastle beat the throw to the bag.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2024
• Jakob got Betts to pop up to first base to end the inning.
  — Kevin Acee, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
• The increase would be the agency’s first base fare hike in a decade.
  — oregonlive, 8 Dec. 2022
• Williams scored all the way from first base on a single.
  — oregonlive, 7 June 2022
• At the plate: Sean Bouchard played outfield and first base and hit his third homer of the spring.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2025
• Collin Cowgill was named the first base coach and will work with the outfielders.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 29 Nov. 2022
• Piedmont on the wrong end of two very close plays at first base.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2022
• In the first inning of the opener, Shohei Ohtani came to the plate with a runner on first base.
  — Bruce Schoenfeld, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• On the next pitch, Vest drilled Ke'Bryan Hayes with a 93.7 mph fastball to the hand for a free pass to first base.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2022
• Muncy slipped while trying to field the ball and could not complete the throw to first base.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022
• The ball skipped off his glove and rolled into the outfield, and Báez scored all the way from first base.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2023
• Ohtani trudged to first base, where Seth Brown said something to him.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2022
• Trailing by three runs, the Reds had the tying run at first base and the go-ahead run at the plate.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 26 July 2021
• Tyler Wade made the grab, but couldn’t out-throw Robert’s hustle to first base.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022
• Can Kyle Schwarber get healthy and learn to play first base?
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 31 July 2021
• Both teams could be looking to add a star at first base.
  — Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
• Williams, Grapevine’s cleanup hitter, pushed a bunt to first base to score Tatum to make it 3-1.
  — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2024
• The rule applies to all bases, but the emphasis is on first base.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2022
• Big brother came up again in the fifth with one out and Kim Ha-seong on first base.
  — Bernie Wilson, ajc, 20 Oct. 2022
• Starter at first base won the home run derby the night before.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2022
• As the trade deadline neared, the Red Sox had problems at first base.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• Kyle Schwarber started at first base for the fourth time in the last six games.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2021
• Ohtani came to the plate again in the second inning and grounded out to first base on the first pitch.
  — Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 14 July 2021
• The veteran was replaced at first base in the Dodgers' lineup by Kiké Hernández, who is batting sixth.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025