fastball

Example Sentences

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Tigers pitcher Framber Valdez hit Red Sox’s Trevor Story with a 94-mph fastball, after surrendering back-to-back home runs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Clarke struck him out on four pitches: a called strike, a swinging strike, a ball Clarke purposely launched high into the stands for laughs, then strike three swinging on a cut fastball.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Did it seem like something had come off your fastball?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The bases were loaded and Anderson took a shoulder-high fastball, slapped it down the right-field line and three runs came home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

The kid who tattooed Giant John McNab’s fastball for half a dozen home runs, then circled the sacks on a bunted frog.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli