center field
nounDefinition of center field
1
: the position of the player for defending center field
2
: the part of the baseball outfield between right and left field
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Examples of center field in a Sentence
a fly ball to center field
She used to be a shortstop but now she plays center field.
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The Padres center field prospected collected three more hits Friday, Luis Torrens homered and right-hander Kyle Lloyd threw seven strong innings, keeping Double-A Amarillo’s season alive with a 6-2 win at Midland. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Minors: Amarillo survive another day; Storm can’t close it out; Tri-City advances," 7 Sep. 2019 Los Angeles will have a nice breeze toward center field which should further help the Dodgers. — Chris Wassel, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, "San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers odds, predictions, picks and best bets," 6 Sep. 2019 The bottom of the lineup included rookie Sam Hilliard in left field, part-timer Garrett Hampson at second base, rookie Yonathan Daza in center field and rookie right-hander Peter Lambert on the mound. — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, "Reeling Rockies’ September mission: Win, get a long look at prospects," 2 Sep. 2019 The tree-snapping sound that resonated from his 427-foot boom toward center field in the second inning set a tone for the home runs that followed. — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, "Astros hammer Mariners with homer barrage," 3 Aug. 2019 Hampton is a first-round caliber center field prospect and a top-150 defensive back planning on playing football and baseball at LSU. — Brody Miller, nola.com, "A roller-coaster 2 days of the MLB Draft for Paul Mainieri and LSU," 4 June 2019 So when Yastrzemski sent a pitch in the air toward deep center field in the seventh inning on Tuesday, the fans inside a packed Wrigley Field took a deep breath. — Kerry Crowley, The Mercury News, "Home run wave wipes out Beede, Giants fall back to .500 in Chicago," 20 Aug. 2019 With the Braves trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 in the bottom of the third inning, Acuña launched a fly ball to deep center field that hit off the wall. — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, "Braves' Ronald Acuña Jr. benched for not hustling vs. Dodgers," 18 Aug. 2019 Both Wilkerson’s home run — a towering fly ball that scraped the right-field wall — and his signature catch in center field required a little bit of breeze under him to make happen. — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, "Orioles battered again in 8-3 loss, their 15th straight to Yankees," 14 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'center field.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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