How to Use strike zone in a Sentence

strike zone

noun

• The top of the ball shaved the bottom of the strike zone.
  — Jacob Bogage, courant.com, 11 July 2019
• Once again, the pitch was in the middle of the strike zone.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2022
• There needs to be just less swing and miss in the strike zone.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 June 2021
• The homer came on a changeup that hung at the top of the strike zone.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 9 June 2022
• The strike zone had been at the shoulders through 1949.
  — Mike Bass, The Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2021
• Irvin can’t afford to leave the ball up and in the strike zone.
  — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2022
• Blake Treinen took over and could not find the strike zone.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2019
• The machine is set in the mid-70s and points at a two-tire strike zone.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2020
• And there's places in the strike zone that are a little tougher to get to.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2021
• With the count evened, 2-2, Mahle spun a slider that caught the bottom of the strike zone.
  — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 25 Mar. 2020
• On balls out of the strike zone, the Dodgers swung just 26.5% of the time, the lowest chase rate in baseball.
  — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2020
• Against Perez, Greene’s first two sliders weren’t close to the strike zone.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 16 May 2022
• The Dodgers had issues with Drake’s strike zone all night.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2019
• Tonight was just some pitches that found the middle of the strike zone.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2020
• The biggest issues will center on the specifics of the strike zone.
  — Popular Science, 9 June 2020
• Two curveballs and a slider stayed out of the strike zone.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2019
• But in this instance, the pitch sat squarely in the middle of the strike zone.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2021
• To be pleased with his debut, the 6-foot-5 lefty must attack the strike zone.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2022
• By then, the Braves had stopped chasing pitches out of the strike zone.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
• And that came true with a tighter strike zone than desired.
  — George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2018
• But more and more in the modern big leagues, that does not mean throwing the ball in the strike zone.
  — Joe Lemire, SFChronicle.com, 16 July 2019
• Pitches that far out of the strike zone are not supposed to end up over the fence.
  — Tim Booth, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2022
• Elsewhere, the show pitched in Sweeney’s strike zone and failed to connect.
  — Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2024
• Many of his swings and misses are on pitches at the top or above the strike zone.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2022
• The strike zone was from chalk to chalk and guys were slapping the ball through the hole and taking their hits.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 10 May 2021
• Toro struck out looking on a full-count slider at the top of the strike zone for the third out.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2022
• Do that, and the Dodgers will expand their strike zone and start chasing.
  — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021
• The whole part of figuring out a strike zone was so much fun.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2019
• The key for Crawford on Monday was command of the strike zone.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2022
• The Dodgers struggled early to adapt to the large strike zone of plate umpire Mike Estabrook (who, in fairness, granted some generous calls to Dodgers pitchers as well).
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024