fastball
Example Sentences
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He punctuated his performance with a fastball on the corner that ended the inning and wound up costing Atlanta its final ABS challenge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
By that point, his fastball velocity had climbed from 92 mph to 96.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Rather than dwelling on the absence of a right hand, Fontaine saw something wondrous coming out of Abbott’s left hand — a cut fastball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Skubal came back inside with a fastball that Baldwin fouled off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
If his first-pitch fastball is where I want it—low and over the outside corner of the plate—I’m swinging hard, making contact, and driving the ball.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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