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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Four pitches later, Betts scored him on a line drive to tie the game and set up the heroics for Freeman. —

Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024 Josh Manson had the hockey equivalent of hitting a couple of line drives right at someone Wednesday night. —

Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2024 There was a fourth-inning interaction between Tatis and the entirety of the right-field pavilion, with the Padres star responding to boos from the bleachers with a smile and a dance after robbing a line drive from Freeman with a leaping catch. —

Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024 The fastest action happens when players approach the net and start striking line drives at each other. —

Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for line drive