batted

Example Sentences

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Against Arizona this week, Pages batted .176, collecting only three hits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

It leaves England on top of a Test match they could have batted themselves out of when they were dismissed inside 40 overs.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Dorofeyev, who also scored on a power play in the first period, batted a Jack Eichel pass just inside the left post to end the longest game of the series.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Tatis’s “pull-air rate” is four times lower than his 42-homer season, with only 5.6% of his batted balls in the air to the pull side.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

It was the cat, sitting smug on Shotgun Cheatham’s breathless chest, who’d batted at the gauze the way a cat will.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck