How to Use line drive in a Sentence
line drive
noun- He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
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The shot left his hands like a line drive and clanged off the rim.
— Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2022 -
The line drive struck Flowers’ glove and dropped to the ground.
— Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 13 May 2021 -
The first pitch of the inning was a line drive base hit to right field.
— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2022 -
His line drive to left cleared the wall for a grand slam that tied the score.
— Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022 -
Nicky Lopez’s line drive had struck him near the right hip.
— Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2021 -
The line drive Rutschman hit in the bottom of the 10th inning Thursday?
— Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022 -
Bassitt was struck on the side of the head by a line drive against the Chicago White Sox.
— Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2021 -
The right-hander took a line drive off his face in a 9-0 loss to the White Sox.
— Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Sep. 2021 -
His 377-foot line drive hit off the top of the wall in right field and fell for a single.
— Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 14 Sep. 2022 -
The gaps are huge, and line drive hitters can rake in Coors.
— Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021 -
But in the top of the second, Daz Cameron hit a line drive off Keller, which knocked him out of the game.
— Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2022 -
The third run scored on a line drive to right by Juan Soto.
— Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2022 -
But this is just a straight-line drive with his off hand, all the way to the rim, on Huerter.
— Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2021 -
Both plays – the Smith line drive grab and the Durán throw – impressed Woodward.
— Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 22 June 2022 -
Gallo’s shot came off the bat at 114 mph, a line drive to right field.
— Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2021 -
The 23-year-old was hit in the knee with a line drive from Colin Moran on the final pitch of the third.
— Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2021 -
The line drive left Brown’s bat at 101 mph, with an A’s runner on third base.
— Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2022 -
In the ninth, Robinson made a backhand grab of a Bench line drive.
— Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 21 Oct. 2020 -
Last season, he was hit in the head by a line drive and also had to leave the game.
— Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2020 -
The line drive went straight into the right corner to give Bay FC a 2-1 lead.
— Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024 -
He was struck in the face by a line drive Aug. 17 during a start in Chicago.
— Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Sep. 2021 -
O’Neale just allows a straight-line drive to beat him here.
— Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Nov. 2021 -
In the third inning, a low line drive from Luis Arraez drilled him in the left shin.
— Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2020 -
Soler hit a line drive shot that barely cleared the wall.
— Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2021 -
In the eighth inning, Friedl saw a line drive sailing over his head.
— The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2022 -
Cleveland pitcher Herb Score had been hit in the eye by a line drive.
— cleveland, 15 Apr. 2022 -
With Ballard at third, Foree stroked a line drive up the middle that got the run back.
— Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2021 -
Four pitches later, Betts scored him on a line drive to tie the game and set up the heroics for Freeman.
— Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024 -
Things went from bad to worse for the Orioles in the next at-bat, Stanton hit a double to bat in three and Anthony Rizzo hit a line drive single to right field to bring home two more, making it 7-0.
— Jamie Barton, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
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