line shot

Example Sentences

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One example: a 1975 Tommy Harper line shot toward the left-field foul pole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Olson doubled in a run before scoring on Murphy’s line shot to the left-field bleachers that made it 4-0.

From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2023

Rojas hit a line shot to left on the game’s first pitch, his eighth.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2022

“Because I think the first time I touched the ball I caught it in the corner and toed behind the line, shot it and made it.”

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

I determined that I would zigzag my course to the rear so as not to give them a line shot at me.

From War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 by Hitchcock, Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman)