How to Use fly ball in a Sentence

fly ball

noun

• He hit a long fly ball to left field.
• Nolan Coil came on and finished with two groundouts and a fly ball to left field.
  — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2021
• The final two came via a two-out gift when Ehire Adrianza hit a routine fly ball to shallow left field.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2021
• He gets dinged a bit for his lack of fly ball authority, especially in this company.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
• Kentucky had two on, one out before a fly ball to center put two outs on the board with UK’s best batter coming to plate.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 28 May 2021
• There was no authoritative fly ball contact in this game - nothing reaching 90 mph.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 1 June 2021
• Because without Rogers, Grossman's fly ball to center field would not have scored Goodrum — and the Tigers would not have won the game.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2021
• Trevino moved up from first to second on a fly ball to left in the fifth, then scored the Rangers’ fourth run on a two-out single up the middle by Nate Lowe.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 21 May 2021
• After Pérez was saluted by his grateful teammates, Ottavino retired Bregman on a fly ball.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2021
• Aquino made very hard contact on a high fly ball down the left field line, and the double likely would have been a home run at Great American Ball Park.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 5 June 2021
• One of the craziest is that the fly ball hitter has just one sac fly in 2,003 plate appearances that span seven MLB seasons.
  — Dallas News, 1 June 2021
• Hayes launched a high fly ball down the right field line that hit the foul pole.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 9 June 2021
• The catchable fly ball bounced on the track and over the fence for a ground-rule double.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2021
• Varsho was close to a home run with a long fly ball to the base of the fence in the second inning.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
• Bauer’s pitch count hit 108 when Nick Ahmed hit a fly ball down the right-field line.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021
• Ryleigh Johnson then hit the fly ball that drove in the second run.
  — Paul Boyd, arkansasonline.com, 26 Apr. 2024
• But his deep fly ball to right field died at the warning track.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2022
• Matzek, though, promptly forced a fly ball off the bat of Michael Brantley to end the threat.
  — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2021
• The rookie failed to tag up on a deep fly ball and advance to third base.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 6 Apr. 2022
• In the bottom of the third, Resing led off with a long fly ball to centerfield.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 30 May 2022
• In the bottom of the fifth, the Giants’ Curt Casali skied a fly ball to deep right-center field.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2021
• Ibáñez caught the fly ball for the second out and fired a bullet to catcher Jake Rogers for the third out.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2023
• With one out, Alec Bohm lifted a fly ball to deep left.
  — Aaron Bracy, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
• With two outs, Ohtani lofted a high fly ball to center field that Bradley lost in the sun and the wind.
  — Jimmy Golen, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2022
• But the 342-foot fly ball would not have been a home run in any other ballpark.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• Davis came in and retired him on a deep fly ball to center.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022
• The count climbed full against Smith, who made solid contact on a fly ball.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2022
• There were two on and two out in the eighth when Austin Nola lofted a fly ball down the left field line.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
• That brought up Tyler Naquin, who sent a long fly ball to right-center.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2022
• Knack retired Ramírez and Josh Naylor on fly balls to end the inning.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024