Definitions

line drive

NOUN

baseball hit that is straight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

liner

WEAK

clothesline line shot rope

Example Sentences

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He also patrolled left field and snared a line drive to end the top of the fourth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

A pitcher caught a line drive — or rather, the ball caught him — with his jersey.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Toronto's Alejandro Kirk was hit by a pitch from reliever Roki Sasaki and replaced by speedy pinch-runner Myles Straw, before Addison Barger's line drive wedged under the wall in left centre field.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

Then they won the game on a mind-bending double-play in which Kiké Hernández caught a line drive in left and threw out a runner who had strayed too far from second base.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

Ott had run the count out to two and two, and then smashed a long line drive into the center field seats to score the series-winning run over the Washington Senators.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown