fastball
Example Sentences
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Then with two outs, Clark stayed back on an outside fastball and sent it the other way for a triple that drove in the game’s first run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
His velocity was up overall, and the 100.1-mph fastball he threw to Shohei Ohtani the second time through the order was his hardest-thrown pitch since 2018, according to MLB.com.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
He is different, in large part because he doesn’t just throw one fastball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
He toyed around with sliders and curveballs and change-ups and even a splitter in the hopes of finding an off-speed option to complement his ever-improving fastball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
First girl up to bat gets struck out: she hits Cala’s fastball, but it’s a foul, and the two Quickfire changeups that come at her back to back are both swings and misses.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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