How to Use cutoff man in a Sentence

cutoff man

noun

• Aaron Judge overthrew the cutoff man, and the Rays never trailed for the fifth straight game.
  — Ronald Blum, courant.com, 31 May 2021
• Jackson didn't even attempt to hit the cutoff man and got the throw to catcher Bob Boone on the fly.
  — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 5 June 2018
• Don Money then scored Oglivie to tie the game when Lowenstein missed the cutoff man.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2021
• Right fielder Pavin Smith air-mailed both his cutoff man and home plate.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2021
• Slater has missed the cutoff man or thrown to the wrong base several times this season.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Sep. 2022
• By now Duran should know what base to throw to and the importance of hitting the cutoff man.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
• Verdugo’s short throw to the cutoff man was on target, albeit on a bounce.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2022
• Nobody practices hitting the cutoff man, and so forth and so on.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 28 Oct. 2020
• And then Brandon Crawford scales the wall of the stadium, swims out into the bay and hits the cutoff man back ashore.
  — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 4 Oct. 2017
• Chavis scored from second base on a flyout to right field in the ninth inning when Aquino's throw bounced past the cutoff man.
  — The Enquirer, 14 Sep. 2022
• Garcia held up, but the ball sailed over the cutoff man’s head and bounced through third baseman Turner’s legs.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2019
• Right fielder Adam Jones missed a cutoff man on an errant throw.
  — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, 29 June 2019
• Spencer Steer took an extra base on a double down the left field line, moving up on an errant throw to the cutoff man.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 23 Mar. 2023
• The fundamentally sound play would have been to hit the cutoff man and keep the double play in order.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2021
• By the time the relay from Acuña to cutoff man Ozzie Albies reached home plate, Kingery had already arrived with a head-first slide.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2019
• Olson was going to stop at third, but Taylor Ward’s throw was nowhere near the cutoff man, and Olson cruised home to make it 4-0.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 July 2021
• Baddoo missed the cutoff man and Madrigal took second base.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2021
• Hunter Renfroe has been unable to throw in from right field without hitting a cutoff man for about a week.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• Kearschner made a strong throw to cutoff man Huey Dunn and the second baseman made a perfect throw to third, nabbing Snow at third for the out.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 29 May 2022
• Taylor grabbed the ball, threw a perfect strike to cutoff man Max Muncy, and halfway to home, Arozarena stumbled, and fell.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2020
• In baseball, making a good read on a fly ball or hitting the cutoff man can make a difference.
  — Steve Reaven, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
• With no runner behind Garcia, Betts didn’t have to worry about the cutoff man.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2019
• But sometimes the better play is to assess the situation and hit the cutoff man instead of throwing a fastball to the plate.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2021
• Rushing advanced to third, but left fielder Clark Elliott hit the cutoff man, who threw to second.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2022
• McKay also has been impressed with how quickly Varsho has been able to get the ball back to the infield with strong, accurate throws to the cutoff man.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2022
• But Christian Arroyo, the first baseman, was late setting up Verdugo with a target as the cutoff man.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
• Phillips' throw to the cutoff man traveled high, bouncing off leaping shortstop Taylor Walls' glove.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2021
• The importance of hitting the cutoff man - and, perhaps, Puig's refusal to do so - is largely overstated.
  — Ted Berg, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2017
• Altuve followed with a double into the left-field corner that brought in Springer, who might have been out if Brandon Lowe had thrown to the cutoff man instead of second base.
  — Bernie Wilson, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2020
• His outfield play has been spotless, save the occasional missed cutoff man.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2019

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