line drive
Example Sentences
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A pitcher caught a line drive — or rather, the ball caught him — with his jersey.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
George Springer's sharp line drive reduced the deficit, but Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto kept the hosts in check, giving up just that one run in six innings pitched.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
Barger followed with a line drive to left-center that was hit so hard, it got wedged in the wall for a ground-rule double.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
In the fourth, Teoscar Hernández came up empty on an over-aggressive and ill-advised sliding attempt down the right-field line, playing a Daulton Varsho line drive into a triple that set up a sacrifice fly.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025
Rodriguez swings at the chaser, makes contact, and swats a sinking line drive over Malik’s head into short left-center.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
