strikeout
Americannoun
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strikeouts
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of strikeout
1885–90, noun use of verb phrase strike out
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All six of the Dodgers’ outs in the first two innings came via the strikeout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Kyle Schwarber, a 230-pound bruiser who is close to setting the single-season strikeout record, leads off for Philadelphia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Despite his inflated strikeout rate, low batting average and inability to steal bases, he is Philadelphia’s most powerful hitter and consistently posts a high on-base percentage because of how often he draws walks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Second inning, Blake Snell gives up a one-out single to Spencer Horowitz, who advances to second on a passed ball, but Snell strands him with a strikeout of Billy Cook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
We got two singles sandwiched around a strikeout and the crowd got ugly.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
His nine strikeouts were one shy of a postseason career high of 10, which he recorded against the Brewers last year in Game 1 of the NLCS.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
In this series, he has two hits and two strikeouts in eight at-bats, and his inability to refrain from swinging at pitches outside the strike zone has become a glaring weakness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Four of the last five outs he’d recorded were strikeouts, with a different putaway pitch for each: slider, sinker, curveball, changeup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
He had utterly dominated the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the American League wild card series, racking up 10 strikeouts over six innings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
His role was to keep the official scorebook and put down the code that marked every measurable moment of the contests: hits, runs, strikeouts, stolen bases, errors, wild pitches.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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