How to Use full count in a Sentence
full count
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In a full count, a lot of kids will think the fastball is coming.
— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2024 -
Prior walked Castillo in a full count on the next pitch.
— Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023 -
Trout swung through the first, took the second for a ball, struck through the third and laid off the fourth to bring the battle to a full count.
— Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023 -
Bottom of the ninth, tie game, bases loaded, two out, full count.
— Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2023 -
Verdin notched a strikeout for the second out, but Isaac Sullivan worked a full count at the plate.
— Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 3 June 2023 -
The two-time All-Star took the pitcher to a full count before giving a hearty swing at an 84 mph sinker to end the inning.
— Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023 -
Betts worked a full count, laying off a low slider and high fastball with two strikes.
— Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023 -
The situation was bases loaded, two outs, full count in the bottom of the ninth inning with the score tied.
— Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2023 -
Max Muncy worked a full count in the next at-bat, before laying off a high splitter for a run-scoring walk.
— Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023 -
Alejandro homered with Marcus down to its last strike, with two outs and a full count.
— Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2023 -
The Atlanta Braves third baseman, on a full count, just needed a base hit to bring in the tying run that was standing on third base.
— Ryan Morik, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2023 -
Volpe drew a walk with a full count and then stole second, sliding safely into the new, pizza-box-sized bases for 2023.
— Tyler Kepner Hiroko Masuike, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023 -
The fact that new small species are being found in Hell Creek Formation rocks indicates that the full count of dinosaurs is not in yet.
— Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2024 -
Still, researchers think that the full count of cell types for the human brain, when it is compiled, will likely be similar.
— Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023 -
Souza took a close 2-2 pitch to work a full count before his first home run, which left the bat at 98 miles per hour for his lowest exit velocity of the night.
— Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024 -
Wiemer drew a walk on a full count in his first plate appearance in the second and then singled sharply through the left side to lead his next time up leading off the fourth. Chourio, though, stole the show.
— Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2023 -
Shohei Ohtani — who was the batter and had a full count with two outs — then watched as Mariners reliever Gabe Speier’s pitch flew toward the outside bottom corner of the strike zone.
— Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023 -
Diggs worked a full count and drew a walk, then Bohrofen hammered a 1-2 pitch over the wall in right field for his 12th home run and his first away from Baum-Walker Stadium this year.
— Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 6 May 2023 -
Donaldson worked a full count before Zimmermann struck him out on a slider beneath the zone.
— Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2023 -
Within two pitches, including one borderline call that Greene thought was a strike, Greene found himself in a full count.
— Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2023 -
Facing a full count in the fifth inning, the shortstop belted a three-run homer to break the game open, the final action in his first rehab appearance with Double A Portland.
— Greg McKenna, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023 -
Hoby Milner relieved Houser with two outs in the fifth and two on, and struck out Pederson on a full count with an elevated fastball.
— Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2023 -
Lakewood, the largest city in Jefferson County, saw its population rise in the first full count during the pandemic, but then lost people.
— Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 17 May 2024
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