How to Use fielder in a Sentence

fielder

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  • Buechele got a pair of fielder’s choice outs to end the inning.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
  • In the third, Yuli Gurriel scored on a fielder’s choice.
    Shane Lantz, Chron, 24 July 2022
  • The first run scored on a fielders choice after two of his walks.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
  • The right fielder stayed with the team for another six years.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Left fielder Aaron Hicks ran across the outfield but dropped the ball while tumbling to the grass.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The Sox got within a run when Zavala scored on a fielder’s choice.
    Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Center fielder Hunter Lamarr followed with a bunt for a hit to load the bases and bring the top of the lineup to the plate.
    Luke Lawhorn, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Grossman, a left fielder by nature, lost a pair of balls in the sun in right.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Jarett Boswell sends a deep line drive over the center fielder to walk it off.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2024
  • Williams called the right fielder out, but, again, the Phillies challenged and won, sending out more boos from the crowd.
    Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Left fielder Taylor Ward caught a fly ball against the wall to get Fulmer out of the fifth.
    Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 1 Aug. 2024
  • O’Hoppe didn’t know the hit would be a home run, but knew A’s left fielder Seth Brown wasn’t going to catch it.
    Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Starr worked around an error by his right fielder to get the final two outs of the game.
    Stephen Whitaker, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Center fielder David Mysza of La Salle will go five for five in a game.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The very next pitch, a 6-4-3 fielder’s choice that nabbed the runner at second but left the batter at first.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Matt Thaiss pinch-hit and reached on a fielder’s choice, with a hustling Soto beating the throw to the plate to score.
    Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Maton was the lone arm of the bunch to be charged with a run as Ryan Jeffers drove in Buxton on a fielder’s choice in the top of the eighth.
    James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
  • Freeman, the center fielder and Snead State signee, went 2-for-3 and scored three runs.
    Skip Vaughn, al, 10 May 2023
  • De La Cruz scored on Sanchez’s fielder’s choice grounder to shortstop.
    Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
  • The mid-fielder played with the Canadian women's soccer team and won a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 7 Nov. 2022
  • For the second straight day, the Rangers scratched their center fielder from the starting lineup.
    Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Cron went 0-for-1 at the plate, grounding into a fielder’s choice in the top of the eighth and beating out a throw to avoid a double-play.
    Aaron Falk, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 July 2022
  • Center fielder Brenton Doyle raced back, jumped and made a catch.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The veteran right fielder who starred on both sides of the ball during the team’s run to the 2020 World Series title.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The Colorado Rockies center fielder ran out of room and ran into the wall as the ball just reached the seats for a two-run home run.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Gabby Alves led off the game with a double to left and reached third when Madison’s left fielder misplayed the ball.
    Stephen Whitaker, San Antonio Express-News, 1 May 2023
  • Left fielder Ethan Sweat was plunked with the bases loaded and Moeller led 3-0 after three innings.
    Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 2 June 2023
  • Rockies left fielder Nolan Jones raced over, desperate to make the catch.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Rodriguez earned 29 of a possible 30 first place votes to become the fifth Mariner and eighth center fielder to win the award.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The right fielder is no stranger to hitting clutch shots, leading the major leagues this season with four walk-off hits.
    Johannes Sasay-Wada, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024

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