How to Use fly ball in a Sentence

fly ball

noun

• He hit a long fly ball to left field.
• The catchable fly ball bounced on the track and over the fence for a ground-rule double.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2021
• Varsho was close to a home run with a long fly ball to the base of the fence in the second inning.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
• Ryleigh Johnson then hit the fly ball that drove in the second run.
  — Paul Boyd, arkansasonline.com, 26 Apr. 2024
• But his deep fly ball to right field died at the warning track.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2022
• Matzek, though, promptly forced a fly ball off the bat of Michael Brantley to end the threat.
  — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2021
• The rookie failed to tag up on a deep fly ball and advance to third base.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 6 Apr. 2022
• In the bottom of the third, Resing led off with a long fly ball to centerfield.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 30 May 2022
• Ibáñez caught the fly ball for the second out and fired a bullet to catcher Jake Rogers for the third out.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2023
• With one out, Alec Bohm lifted a fly ball to deep left.
  — Aaron Bracy, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
• With two outs, Ohtani lofted a high fly ball to center field that Bradley lost in the sun and the wind.
  — Jimmy Golen, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2022
• But the 342-foot fly ball would not have been a home run in any other ballpark.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• Davis came in and retired him on a deep fly ball to center.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022
• The count climbed full against Smith, who made solid contact on a fly ball.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2022
• There were two on and two out in the eighth when Austin Nola lofted a fly ball down the left field line.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
• That brought up Tyler Naquin, who sent a long fly ball to right-center.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2022
• But Chung induced a fly ball to center to end the drama.
  — Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2021
• 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
• Alex Verdugo was retired on a fly ball to right field to end the first inning and struck out in the sixth.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• In this game, the breaks just didn't go their way as every single deep fly ball seemed to fall just short of the wall.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2022
• Cody Bellinger followed with a fly ball to the warning track in center field, just shy of the wall for a grand slam.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2021
• But one was an infield hit and the other a misjudged fly ball.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2021
• He was ordered back to the plate, and Drysdale retired him on a fly ball to preserve the streak.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• With two outs in the ninth, Jose Abreu lofted a fly ball to shallow center.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Aug. 2021
• With the tying run on third and one out in the fifth, DJ LeMahieu lifted a fly ball to medium depth right.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2021
• But Victor Reyes hit a sharp fly ball to center to end the Tigers' chances of a game-winner.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2022
• Instead, Cruz's fly ball allowed the rookie to tag up and score.
  — Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 20 July 2021
• In the 11th inning, Enos Slaughter hit a fly ball to deep center field.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• He was injured while chasing a fly ball in the World Series that year.
  — Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2022
• Leblanc drew a walk to put runners on the corners with none out and a fly ball by Matt Thaiss scored Adell easily.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024