How to Use strikeout in a Sentence

strikeout

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• Bradley got the next Mustang up to strikeout and then put the next in a 3-2 count.
  — Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2024
• And his strikeout rate of 10.0 K/9 is right in line with the past three seasons.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2022
• The 21-year-old finished 0-for-3 with one walk and one strikeout.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2022
• The duo had tied with eight strikeouts as the previous high.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2024
• For the first time in his big-league career, Webb failed to record at least one strikeout in a start.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Aug. 2022
• Vaughn struck out the next two batters, and was thinking strikeout all the way.
  — Leland Barclay, Arkansas Online, 25 Mar. 2022
• Ohtani has slipped into a slump over the past week with 15 strikeouts in his past 29 at-bats.
  — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 8 July 2024
• By the end of the third inning, Greene had recorded eight of his nine outs via strikeout.
  — The Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2022
• On the other side, his strikeout rate dipped this season for the first since 2018.
  — Jack Magruder, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
• Michael Maywood came on in relief, then got the next two outs on a grounder and a strikeout.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024
• Montgomery gave up two hits and a walk with one strikeout.
  — Warren Mayes, ajc, 7 Aug. 2022
• Hager walked off the mound with a smile, and retained the ball from his first major league strikeout.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 29 May 2022
• It’s the lowest strikeout rate of his career and the highest hits and homer rates.
  — The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2022
• Out comes a record that fails and rebuilds and steps back up to the plate after a strikeout to hit a home run.
  — Madelyn Dawson, SPIN, 15 Aug. 2024
• Wilmoth's not afraid to pose or pump his fists after a big strikeout.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 29 May 2022
• And his strikeout rate of 11.02 whiffs per nine innings?
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2024
• Greene singled in the eighth and finished 2-for-4 with one strikeout.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2022
• His strikeout rate of 18.1 per nine innings would be the highest of all-time.
  — Jerry Beach, Forbes, 31 July 2022
• After a strikeout by José Altuve, Peña came to the plate with the Astros down to their last out.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 13 Oct. 2022
• One analyst ranked him as the second best strikeout artist in the league.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
• His strikeout rate and hit rate were career-best marks.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 19 Oct. 2022
• He’s struck out eight times, dropping his strikeout rate from 29% to 21%.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 9 Aug. 2024
• His 168 strikeouts remain most on the team by a wide margin.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
• Abreu took over in the bottom of the seventh and struck out the side, with Montero adding a strikeout in a 1-2-3 eighth inning.
  — Josh Criswell, Chron, 2 Nov. 2022
• By contrast, the modern style is about home runs, strikeouts, and walks.
  — Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
• De León tied a WBC record with 10 strikeouts in 5⅔ innings.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023
• Kuhl isn't a big strikeout pitcher but is off to a good start this season.
  — Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2022
• Starting a not fully healthy, strikeout-prone CT3 in Games 3 and 4.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2022
• The 31-year-old allowed four runs on two hits and three walks with two strikeouts across 2⅓ innings.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2023
• Clemens reacted to his strikeout of Ohtani with a smile.
  — Joe Reedy, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022

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strike out

2 of 2 verb

• In the third, Herz struck out the side and followed that up with one more in the fourth.
  — Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
• Rutschman didn’t strike out all week, and walked five times.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 29 June 2021
• Rogers did strike out two of his three batters faced in the ninth to record the save.
  — Megan Ryan, Star Tribune, 12 June 2021
• In the start for Akron, Bieber struck out four and allowed one earned run.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2023
• The Dubs struck out on three pitches with a Paul George mega-trade.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
• The move worked, as Stanton struck out on a check swing to end the inning.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
• Detmers came back to strike out the side in order in the third.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2024
• Betts struck out on a slider that was below and wide of the strike zone.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Hall struck out 27 in 10 innings in two wins this week.
  — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023
• In 2005, Locke left Bonny Doon to strike out on his own.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 May 2021
• Alas, Calhoun began the bottom of the first with a strike out.
  — Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2022
• Suzuki threw a complete-game shutout and struck out nine at the Tokyo Dome.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• If the Rangers strike out on a shortstop and keep Jung in the minors, Ibanez could be the starter at third base.
  — Jeff Wilson, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2021
• On a 2-2 pitch, Glasscock threw a change-up to strike out Bennett.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 18 May 2022
• After a two-out walk, Kilfoyl got Kerr to strike out and end the top half.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 16 Mar. 2022
• This year, the right-hander has drawn a career-best 53 walks and struck out 95 times.
  — Chuck Murr, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• The bet: that Foster would strike out no fewer than 18 men.
  — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2024
• San Diego State commit struck out 74 and walked just 21 for the league runner-up.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
• In the two starts, Stone allowed seven hits, walked two and struck out 13 in the 12 innings.
  — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 2 June 2024
• And so, the best players in history strike out or get out, 7 out of 10 times.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
• Perez hung on to strike out Bobby Bradley on three pitches for the first out of the inning.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021
• The 6-foot-7 right-hander didn’t allow a hit and struck out three in three innings.
  — Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
• The shortstop went 0 for 4 and struck out swinging three times in Tuesday’s loss to the Royals.
  — Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
• Richard, who had already struck out 10, then got two quick strikes.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
• Gough came in from the bullpen in the top of fifth to strike out West with the bases loaded for a decisive moment.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
• Castillo held the Mets to one run on four hits, walked two and struck out nine in six innings (10-11).
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024
• In that five-game stretch, the Padres walked 18 times more than the Rockies and Yankees and struck out 16 times fewer.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
• Players who get on base, don’t strike out much and go to the plate with the idea of using the whole field instead of just pulling the ball.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2022
• And after Treinen struck out Rizzo to end the inning, there was one more player who needed to rise to the occasion.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
• But the relievers were lights-out, limiting the Dodgers to only one hit while striking out seven batters to turn a close game into a rout.
  — Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024

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