How to Use home run in a Sentence

home run

noun

• He hit three home runs.
• Thomas pummeled the full-count slider down the left-field line for a solo home run.
  — The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2022
• By contrast, the modern style is about home runs, strikeouts, and walks.
  — Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
• Anderson broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning with a solo home run to left.
  — Ben Ross, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022
• Boston was in a 5-2 hole in the ninth inning when Bogaerts smacked a solo home run.
  — Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022
• In the fifth, Manoah plunked major league home run leader Aaron Judge in the left elbow with a sinker.
  — Larry Fleisher, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022
• The ball traveled 448 feet, marking the longest home run Ohtani has allowed in the big leagues.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2022
• Athletic contests include beach volleyball, horseshoes, bowling and a home run derby.
  — Roger Sands, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• Even Soto, an immense talent still piling up walks at record pace, has one home run while driving in just three runs in his first 16 starts as a Padre.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
• Another post showed a split screen of Kirk Gibson’s massive walk-off home run way back in 1985 that also ended that game.
  — John Brandon, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
• This year’s offering: Ohtani in his Dodgers uniform, tossing aside his bat after one of his 54 regular-season home runs.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
• There were two outs, and Velazquez belted the fourth consecutive four-seam fastball from Alexander for a solo home run and 2-0 lead.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 20 Aug. 2022
• And in the past month, there’s been a home run ball for sale.
  — Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 16 Oct. 2024
• The Sox won the game in the 12th inning on the famed home run by Carlton Fisk.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2022
• Will Lawrence had a home run in the loss, one of 12 hits the Bucs managed on the day.
  — al, 24 Feb. 2023
• In three of the last four years the Guardians have ranked last, or second last in the league in home runs.
  — Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• Ramírez entered the game 4-for-12 in the series with a home run and three RBI.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 4 Oct. 2022
• That ball that would have been a home run in at least two MLB parks.
  — Stephen Hawkins, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2022
• Perez blasted 28 home runs in the first round that year to set a club record.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2024
• The shortstop and Mike Trout now lead the majors with 10 home runs.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
• But Ohtani turned it around in the fifth, crushing a 450-foot home run to right field.
  — Jamie Barton, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
• That walk set the stage for Corey Seager’s first of two home runs off of López.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024
• Doby was an eight-time All-Star who led the league in home runs twice.
  — Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2024
• Ana Acree smacked a three-run home run to give Alma Bryant the lead.
  — Mike Perrin | , al, 10 Mar. 2023
• Of course Shohei Ohtani hit a home run in his Dodgers debut.
  — USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2024
• In the eighth inning, the Tigers jumped ahead 7-3 with a two-run home run from Zack Short.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2023
• He is also tied for the team lead in home runs (three) and is fourth in runs scored (nine).
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2024
• And in each one, opponents found a pitch to tee up for a home run.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
• Carter allowed a two-run home run by Evans that pushed the Gators' lead to 9-2 in the sixth inning.
  — Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 28 Apr. 2024
• In Charlotte, one of ours is to go to the ballpark for home runs, hot dogs and fireworks.
  — Tom Sorensen -, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024