foul ball
nounDefinition of foul ball
: a baseball batted into foul territory
Examples of foul ball in a Sentence
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Oakland hit 26 foul balls against Bumgarner, boasting an average of more than five per inning against a pitcher who allowed one run in seven innings against the club on August 13. — Kerry Crowley, The Mercury News, "Stephen Vogt returns to rock the Coliseum, Giants win behind monster eighth inning," 24 Aug. 2019 A day after suffering a bruised left ankle on a foul ball, Renato Núñez was out of the Orioles’ lineup. — Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, "Top Orioles pitching prospect DL Hall enjoying another second-half surge after Futures Game appearance," 11 Aug. 2019 Mookie Betts, his left shin bruised when hit by a foul ball on Monday, batted leadoff Tuesday and played right field. — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, "Red Sox injury updates on Heath Hembree and Steven Wright," 6 Aug. 2019 Amid questions about fan safety from foul balls, questions have also arisen about the safety of players from their own fans. — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, "MLB fans keep running on the field, and lately at Arizona Diamondbacks games," 22 July 2019 Seattle rattled off more foul balls, stayed aggressive, and jacked Mengden’s pitch count up to 60 pitches by the third inning’s end. — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, "Takeaways: Matt Chapman’s hot second half continues in A’s win over Mariners," 17 July 2019 Fans get hit by foul balls about 1,750 times a season, more often than batters get hit by pitches, according to a Bloomberg report. — Will Higgins, Indianapolis Star, "Indiana University professor: Baseball teams should no longer get off scot-free when fans get hit by foul balls," 29 Mar. 2018 The White Sox announced the safety measure last month, a week after a foul ball at the park sent a woman to the hospital with her head bleeding. — Scott King, BostonGlobe.com, "White Sox first team to use foul pole-to-pole netting," 22 July 2019 Last season, 79-year-old Linda Goldbloom was also struck by a foul ball that went beyond the netting at Dodger Stadium. — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, "Dodgers Fan Taken to the Hospital After Being Hit in the Head by Foul Ball," 24 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'foul ball.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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