How to Use infield in a Sentence

infield

noun
  • The team has one of the best infields in the league.
  • He threw the ball across the infield.
  • The fourth one is the one that hit the ball in the air in the infield and the game is over.
    Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 27 July 2021
  • The grounds crew had the rare chance to roll out the tarp and cover the infield.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 12 Oct. 2022
  • It’s the most certainty the Rangers have had to the infield in a decade.
    Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Muncy made a good throw home from the middle of the infield.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2022
  • Eagles make three good plays in the infield in the fourth and still lead 4-1.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 18 May 2022
  • That changed in the bottom of the fifth when Seth Brown sent a high pop-up to the left side of the infield.
    Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2022
  • Then Gimenez singled through the left side of the infield for the third and fourth runs of the inning.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The Giants rarely even hit the ball out of the infield against Gallen, who took the mound for the sixth with a 3-0 lead.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • That includes needs in the bullpen and elsewhere in the infield.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
  • Sim played both corners in the infield for the Toreros as well as the outfield.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Second and third, one out, can't get the ball out of the infield, and then didn't get the two-out hit.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2023
  • For the second straight day, the next three batters failed to get a ball out of the infield.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The Reds could put their infield in and sell out on getting the out at home.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 9 July 2022
  • For most of the year, the Red Sox infield has been the most porous in baseball.
    BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • He was mobbed by teammates in the middle of the infield.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Churchill Downs gets it, too, and for 2022, has opened the infield for Thurby for the first time.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Before the ball could leave the infield, Basha had its first run.
    Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The absence of Adames left the Brewers a bit thin in their infield.
    Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2021
  • On the third pitch, with the Dodgers infield still playing in, Guillorme swung.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
  • Tyler O’Neill hit a first-pitch single through the left side of the infield with two outs in the first inning.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Sasse kept the heart of Avon’s order from sending the baseball out of the infield.
    Matt Goul, cleveland, 26 May 2022
  • Same side of the infield, but third is a cross-over-and-throw position.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The ball came back to the infield and was relayed to pitcher Lucas Gilbreath.
    Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2022
  • But the rest of their infield has plenty of intrigue, as well.
    Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Lowe hit a one-out double in the fifth and scored on an infield single from Heim.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 13 May 2023
  • The Tigers rolled out the middle of their starting infield for the first time this spring training.
    Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Ten years to the day after his first big league hit against the A’s, Ichiro hit an infield single that drove in the lead run in the ninth against Brian Fuentes.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
  • That’s certainly good news for the Twins, whose infield construction around Correa is not yet set.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2025

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