fastball
noun
fast·ball
ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯl 
: a baseball pitch thrown at full speed and often appearing to rise slightly as it nears the plate
Examples of fastball in a Sentence
He struck him out with a fastball.
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Three pitches later, Betts turned on a 101-mph fastball from right-hander Seth Halvorsen and drove it into the left-field pavilion to win the game.
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Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 22 Sep. 2024
Arguably his best throw of the night went to Carter in the second quarter, an absolute fastball on a see-it-and-rip-it seam route near the goal line.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024
His four-seam fastball sat at 96.88 miles per hour.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Dotting the strike zone with fastballs in the upper 90s, making batters look foolish with a sharp slider and mixing in a darting changeup, Snell struck out 12, racked up 22 swings and misses, and didn’t allow a hit after Emmanuel Rivera’s soft single in the second inning.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
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Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 22 Sep. 2024
Arguably his best throw of the night went to Carter in the second quarter, an absolute fastball on a see-it-and-rip-it seam route near the goal line.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024
His four-seam fastball sat at 96.88 miles per hour.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Dotting the strike zone with fastballs in the upper 90s, making batters look foolish with a sharp slider and mixing in a darting changeup, Snell struck out 12, racked up 22 swings and misses, and didn’t allow a hit after Emmanuel Rivera’s soft single in the second inning.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
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fastball
noun
fast·ball
ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯl
: a baseball pitch thrown at full speed
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