How to Use left field in a Sentence

left field

noun
  • Get lots of sun at the back of the berm in right and left fields.
    Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The ball traveled 380 feet and cleared the wall in left field.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2022
  • In 2005, the bullpens were moved from right field to the empty space in left field.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2023
  • In the fourth, Donaldson flied out to the wall in left field.
    Jerry Beach, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2022
  • This year, Spencer Steer has moved from third base to first base to left field.
    The Enquirer, 31 July 2023
  • Will Eloy Jiménez see more time in left field or at DH?
    Chicago Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • He’s made 21 starts in left field and one start in center.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 26 May 2024
  • The first double hit off the wall in left field to score Josh Bell in the first inning.
    Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Kepler started the fifth with a homer to left field for a 6-4 lead.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 22 June 2022
  • Betts lived up to his end of the bargain, launching a 436-foot shot to left field.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Tyler Freeman sent a Hill pitch to the track in left field for the second out of the inning.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 July 2023
  • The biggest came in the fourth, as Judge lined an RBI double to left field.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Jalen Battles roped a rbi-double down the left field line to open the score.
    Arkansas Online, 12 June 2022
  • Judge, who connected on his 61st homer in the top of the seventh, hit a blast to left field.
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Jose Ramirez, with one out, sent a liner toward the line in left field.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 29 July 2023
  • Tomlin is the fast-rising scribe who took the genre world and Bat-world from left field.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Berti sent Rasmussen’s slider over the left field wall to tie it.
    Alanis Thames, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The parking lot beyond left field will be close to the public.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 31 May 2022
  • With one out, Verdugo drove in both runs with a single to left field.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
  • So, this isn’t coming out of left field because of that.
    Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2024
  • Gleyber Torres hit a two-out homer to left field for a 2-0 lead.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022
  • Starter in left field went 0 for 2 with a strikeout and double-play grounder.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2022
  • So De La Cruz lined up in shallow left field to cut off Benson’s throw and make the throw to the plate.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
  • Kyle Schwarber hit 45 playing left field for the Phillies.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2022
  • His shot reached the top balcony of the brick warehouse in the left field corner at Petco Park.
    Bernie Wilson, ajc, 2 Oct. 2022
  • This time, Torkelson tagged a fifth-pitch knuckle curve for a 382-foot homer to left field.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2023
  • Molina hit a two-run homer into the third deck in left field in the third and a solo shot just over the wall in the fourth.
    Joe Harris, ajc, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Altuve then jumped on the first pitch, sending it into the seats in left field to tie it at 2-2.
    Kristie Rieken, Chron, 7 July 2022
  • Also: The less said about the bullpen and whatever the hell’s going on in left field, the better.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Jones committed two errors in the inning on a pair of misplays in left field that went off his glove.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2024

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