How to Use batting in a Sentence

batting

noun

• While effective in batting practice, the wheels on the machine scuff the surface of the ball from the very first pitch.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 12 Apr. 2022
• Children and their families get to meet with players and coaches and be on the field for batting practice.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
• That’s where the Yankees took batting practice while residents cheered.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Apr. 2022
• Sunday’s event was a series of drills showcasing the girls' batting, hitting and catching skills.
  — Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2024
• Perry batting 4-for-4 with a double and two triples, just overreaching the cycle.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 2 May 2022
• In an era of high strikeout totals and low batting averages, there aren’t any other players who seem likely to reach 3,000 hits any time soon.
  — oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2022
• Taylor threw a live batting practice session in Fort Myers, Fla., on Thursday.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2022
• Three spinners was an overload on a seaming English-style morning and his batting unit promptly began a processional march back to the pavilion.
  — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
• Winker, who was out taking early batting practice to get familiar with his new surroundings, had an RBI single in his first at-bat.
  — Tim Booth, Chron, 16 Apr. 2022
• Even though right fielder Tyler Naquin returned to the Reds lineup batting leadoff, the results were the same on Saturday.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2022
• As his eye healed and his vision improved, Wheeler gradually ramped up his activity, first hitting off machines and then, when the team was out of town last week, taking live batting practice.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 14 Apr. 2022
• Would the Angels dare to move him down in the batting order?
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
• Lay one of the 25-inch strips along the edge of the cotton batting with the right side visible.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• It’s almost made batting practice kind of a thing of the past.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 26 May 2023
• Lane played for Team USA over the summer, batting cleanup.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2024
• The Phillies were strikeout- and home run-heavy in the lineup and any one of them can bring contact to the batting order.
  — Dan Gelston, ajc, 7 Nov. 2022
• Even the white face mask on Jaquez’s batting helmet couldn’t hide the wide smile on her face.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
• Blanket rolls of batting cost $0.10 to $1 per square foot.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 31 May 2023
• The difference in the game, however, turned out to be the top of the Millersville batting order.
  — Brett Friedlander, The Indianapolis Star, 4 June 2023
• Then again, judging by the lousy batting across the league in 2024, any team is a few key swings away from a hot streak.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
• Marin cleared the fence on a couple of batting practice drives.
  — Joe Frisaro, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
• The quake even struck the New York Yankees’ batting practice.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
• Thomas tries to get a feel for the warning track in front of the wall during batting practice.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2022
• Earlier in the day, Moore took batting practice with the team.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2023
• Max and Finn were in the yard with Papa Grande, working on their batting.
  — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
• Get there early and watch the Rangers take batting practice.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
• Some will be, well, dogged, mouthing and batting and tipping the box, trying to get the top unlocked.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
• Ramirez, batting third behind Rosario, made his only out of the night with a bouncer back to the mound.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 15 June 2022
• Neuse was Oakland’s hottest hitter in April, batting .328 for the month.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 May 2022
• Want to take batting practice while having a couple cold ones with the boys?
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024