How to Use designated hitter in a Sentence

designated hitter

noun
  • One of those pieces could be designated hitter Starling Marte.
    — Mike Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
  • If by some chance both are healthy at the same time, the two can rotate between third base and designated hitter to ensure both are in the lineup.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani had one hit, a single, in four at-bats.
    — Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The Rangers designated hitter lined the 91-mph pitch over the left-field wall for a homer and a 2-1 lead.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
  • This brought Twins designated hitter Ryan Jeffers to the plate.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Rays designated hitter Brandon Lowe added a solo homer in the ninth inning.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
  • The Chicago White Sox designated hitter hit a long fly to right-center.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Sox designated hitter Yasmani Grandal, who has been on a tear, hit a solo home run in the bottom of the inning.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2021
  • Dodgers designated hitter Joc Pederson struck the big blow with a three-run homer later in the inning.
    — Kevin Dotson, CNN, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Many of them are baseball fans, and all of them are fans of the longtime Sox designated hitter, said Ynoa, 53.
    — Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
  • Guardians designated hitter Rhys Hoskins lined a ball off Maikel Garcia’s glove.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Blue Jays designated hitter George Springer left in the sixth inning because of a fractured big toe on his left foot.
    — CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Rockies designated hitter Yanquiel Fernandez tagged him for a two-run homer in the fourth.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Braves designated hitter Jorge Mateo homered for the second straight game to cut the Reds' lead in the fifth.
    — CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • Gutierrez got a fly out, and then designated hitter Tommy La Stella whiffed at a slider in the dirt.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 28 May 2022
  • Rangers designated hitter Joc Pederson opened the scoring with a 2-run home run down the right field line in the top of the first inning.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Texas designated hitter Khris Davis, acquired from the A’s last month, will be sidelined for at least three weeks because of a quad strain.
    — Chronicle News Services, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Still, if splitting time between third and designated hitter is best for the Red Sox, then Devers should go with it.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Witt returned to action after missing six games with a strained right knee and went 1 for 3 as the Royals’ designated hitter.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
  • Freshman designated hitter Dylan Dubovik hit a two-run homer to give the Hurricanes the lead again.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026
  • His command was erratic and then Braves designated hitter Dominic Smith hit a walkoff grand slam.
    — Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Colombia designated hitter Alfaro of the San Diego Padres had two doubles and scored three runs.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Ben Rice typically splits time between first base, catcher, and designated hitter.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Giants designated hitter Rafael Devers hit his second home run in the last three games, a no-doubt solo shot in the top of the sixth inning.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
  • In the fifth, Tigers designated hitter Justyn-Henry Malloy got aboard with a leadoff walk.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The only Seattle player to reach base was designated hitter Omar Narvaez, who walked with one out in the fifth inning.
    — Washington Post, 13 July 2019
  • In the second inning, Royals designated hitter Carter Jensen crushed a one-out double.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Reds designated hitter Nathaniel Lowe homered in the second inning, going deep for the fourth time in nine plate appearances.
    — CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Cubs designated hitter Moisés Ballesteros ripped his first career home run right at Rizzo, who stepped up on top of the bleacher seats to make a play.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The ball and Yankees designated hitter Aaron Judge arrived at the same time, leading to a collision.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025

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