How to Use fly ball in a Sentence

fly ball

noun

• He hit a long fly ball to left field.
• Hayes launched a high fly ball down the right field line that hit the foul pole.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 9 June 2021
• 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
• Bauer’s pitch count hit 108 when Nick Ahmed hit a fly ball down the right-field line.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021
• 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
• In the bottom of the fifth, the Giants’ Curt Casali skied a fly ball to deep right-center field.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2021
• 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
• Nolan Coil came on and finished with two groundouts and a fly ball to left field.
  — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2021
• Baltimore used a walk, a single and a fly ball by Cedric Mullins to tie it in the third.
  — David Ginsburg, Star Tribune, 22 June 2021
• But Chung induced a fly ball to center to end the drama.
  — Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2021
• Sano reached for it and hit a fly ball that just kept carrying.
  — Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 15 May 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
• Willi Castro poked a fly ball to center to go ahead by two runs.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2021
• 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
• Knack retired Ramírez and Josh Naylor on fly balls to end the inning.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
• Will Smith led off the inning with a deep fly ball that bounced off the top of the tall brick wall in right-center, settling for a leadoff triple.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024