right field
nounDefinition of right field
1
: the part of the baseball outfield to the right looking out from home plate
2
: the position of the player defending right field
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After Las Vegas scored two in the fifth and tied it in the sixth, Houchins regained the lead for Sacramento in the bottom half of the sixth with an RBI single to right field. — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, "Giants’ AAA squad evens playoff series with reclamation project Zach Houchins," 5 Sep. 2019 Tied 2-2 in the eighth, Palmeiro tripled to right field to put Bowie up 3-2 and scored the eventual winning run on a sacrifice fly. — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, "Ryan Ripken, Preston Palmeiro using Bowie playoffs to continue their own paths in Orioles farm system," 5 Sep. 2019 When Laureano takes over in center, Canha will likely move to right field. — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, "Takeaways: Is Yusmeiro Petit the MVP of the A’s pitching staff?," 4 Sep. 2019 The lefthander gave up his only hit when Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a clean single to right field. — Larry Fleisher, courant.com, "Power’s back for Yankees; Paxton shuts down Rangers," 4 Sep. 2019 Maeda capitalized, lining a two-run single to right field to give the Dodgers the lead. — Los Angeles Times, "Kenley Jansen blows another save, but Dodgers still come on top in extras," 28 Aug. 2019 The slugging Red Sox, fighting for their wild-card lives, hit three homers off Garcia, starting with Jackie Bradley Jr.’s towering, upper-deck blast to right field. — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, "Red Sox rock Rico Garcia, Rockies with 10-6 win in series opener at Coors Field," 27 Aug. 2019 The big left-hander allowed only one hit on Kyle Seager's two-run homer in the fourth inning that just eluded the reach of Judge at the fence in right field. — Tim Booth, courant.com, "Yankees bash 4 more HRs, sweep Mariners with 7-3 victory," 29 Aug. 2019 Boston was leading because Holt pulled Yates’ first-pitch, 93 mph fastball just over the wall and a leaping Hunter Renfroe in right field. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Red Sox strike first, last to again drop Padres," 24 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'right field.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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