How to Use strike zone in a Sentence

strike zone

noun

• Once again, the pitch was in the middle of the strike zone.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2022
• There needs to be just less swing and miss in the strike zone.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 June 2021
• The homer came on a changeup that hung at the top of the strike zone.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 9 June 2022
• The strike zone had been at the shoulders through 1949.
  — Mike Bass, The Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2021
• Irvin can’t afford to leave the ball up and in the strike zone.
  — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2022
• The machine is set in the mid-70s and points at a two-tire strike zone.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2020
• And there's places in the strike zone that are a little tougher to get to.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2021
• With the count evened, 2-2, Mahle spun a slider that caught the bottom of the strike zone.
  — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 25 Mar. 2020
• On balls out of the strike zone, the Dodgers swung just 26.5% of the time, the lowest chase rate in baseball.
  — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2020
• Against Perez, Greene’s first two sliders weren’t close to the strike zone.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 16 May 2022
• Tonight was just some pitches that found the middle of the strike zone.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2020
• The biggest issues will center on the specifics of the strike zone.
  — Popular Science, 9 June 2020
• But in this instance, the pitch sat squarely in the middle of the strike zone.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2021
• To be pleased with his debut, the 6-foot-5 lefty must attack the strike zone.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2022
• By then, the Braves had stopped chasing pitches out of the strike zone.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
• Pitches that far out of the strike zone are not supposed to end up over the fence.
  — Tim Booth, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2022
• Many of his swings and misses are on pitches at the top or above the strike zone.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2022
• The strike zone was from chalk to chalk and guys were slapping the ball through the hole and taking their hits.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 10 May 2021
• Toro struck out looking on a full-count slider at the top of the strike zone for the third out.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2022
• Do that, and the Dodgers will expand their strike zone and start chasing.
  — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021
• The key for Crawford on Monday was command of the strike zone.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2022
• Comes in there and just continues to pound that strike zone.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 24 Apr. 2021
• The issue still comes down to commanding the strike zone.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 Nov. 2020
• Olson worked to keep his body centered to get his hands out front and through the strike zone.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2021
• There aren’t many pitchers who can beat Castellanos in the strike zone.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2020
• In his first at-bat, Friedl homered on a fastball on the left corner of the strike zone.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 24 Mar. 2022
• The home plate umpire expands the strike zone a bit for Japan’s best pitchers.
  — Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2021
• Pratto connected on the eighth pitch of the at-bat, a changeup that stayed high in the strike zone.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2022
• The Dodgers struggled early to adapt to the large strike zone of plate umpire Mike Estabrook (who, in fairness, granted some generous calls to Dodgers pitchers as well).
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
• His strike zone was erratic and in the first inning was guilty of umpire interference when Padres catcher Luis Campusano elbowed him in the mask while trying to throw out Betts stealing second.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Oct 2024