line drive

noun

: a batted baseball hit in a nearly straight line usually not far above the ground

Examples of line drive in a Sentence

He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.

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Though not physically imposing, his hands whip through the hitting zone swiftly enough to create a lot of solid line drives. —

Chuck Murr, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 With the score tied 2-2 in the top of the ninth inning between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, New York second baseman Gleyber Torres drilled a line drive ball 383 feet to left field. —

Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024 The closest a Dodgers hitter got to getting on base was Robinson hitting a line drive off Andy Carey’s glove at third base. —

Scott Thompson, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024 To end that inning, Casey Schmitt scorched a line drive back up the middle, but Sale somehow snared the 104-mph comebacker on the mound. —

Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for line drive