line drive
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of line drive
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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George Springer's sharp line drive reduced the deficit, but Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto kept the hosts in check, giving up just that one run in six innings pitched.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
Toronto's Alejandro Kirk was hit by a pitch from reliever Roki Sasaki and replaced by speedy pinch-runner Myles Straw, before Addison Barger's line drive wedged under the wall in left centre field.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
Then they won the game on a mind-bending double-play in which Kiké Hernández caught a line drive in left and threw out a runner who had strayed too far from second base.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
Shohei Ohtani is hit on the leg by a line drive during another poor start, later leaves game, as Dodgers fall to the Rockies.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
Ott had run the count out to two and two, and then smashed a long line drive into the center field seats to score the series-winning run over the Washington Senators.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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