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
Reaves chucked up a line drive that ricocheted off the front of the rim and toward his left.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 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
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
On his turn, Joe hit a line drive into the outfield.
From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon
