fastball
Example Sentences
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The Athletic crunched the numbers and determined that no team in baseball has faced as dramatic an increase in fastball percentage, with the Dodgers seeing that frequency climb steadily since May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Tarik Skubal never located his best stuff Monday, missing the strike zone with his fastball far more frequently than usual.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
He left a fastball belt-high to Marte, who entered Sunday with a .913 OPS against left-handed pitchers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
But just in case he doesn’t, the Dodgers bought themselves the best possible insurance policy in the form of a 240-pound lefty with a powerful fastball and devastating changeup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The baseball team was in the middle of a winning streak where he’d pitched two no hitters and his fastball was coming in consistently at eighty-nine mph.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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