line drive
nounDefinition of line drive
: a batted baseball hit in a nearly straight line usually not far above the ground
Examples of line drive in a Sentence
He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
Recent Examples on the Web
Baez also robbed Wilson Ramos of a hit and an RBI with a leaping catch of a line drive with Michael Conforto on third base in the second inning. — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, "Javier Baez and Yu Darvish step up as the Cubs snap their 3-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory against the Mets," 27 Aug. 2019 Jones instead hit a sinking line drive to center field that missed the glove of a diving Kevin Pillar by a few inches. — Kerry Crowley, The Mercury News, "Giants suffer rare loss in Madison Bumgarner start, can’t complete sweep," 18 Aug. 2019 Renfroe had ended the second inning with a diving catch of a sinking line drive. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Padres pile on Rockies," 8 Aug. 2019 After grounding to second in the first inning, Cruz tied the game, 3-3, with a solo homer in the fourth, doubled in two runs with a line drive off the right field wall in the fifth, doubled and doubled twice, and scored a run, in the eighth. — John Shipley, Twin Cities, "Twins’ new ‘Bomba Counter’ gets a workout in 14-4 victory over White Sox," 20 Aug. 2019 Naylor followed with a line drive to the seats in right field. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Quantrill leads Padres’ rookie romp over Rockies," 9 Aug. 2019 Ramirez homered, hit a line drive that scored the tiebreaking run and made consecutive catches against the fence to help the Miami Marlins beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 Sunday. — Steven Wine, sun-sentinel.com, "Rojas, Anderson and Ramirez each hit home runs in Marlins’ win over Diamondbacks," 28 July 2019 Yuli Gurriel capitalized on the walk with a line drive that banged off a left-field sign high above the Crawford Boxes. — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, "Astros give dominating performance in win over A's," 23 July 2019 Alex Verdugo followed with a scorching line drive to left fielder Hunter Renfroe. — Jorge Castillo, latimes.com, "Dodgers don’t need late-game heroics to beat Padres and reach 60 wins," 4 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'line drive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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