How to Use fastball in a Sentence

fastball

noun
  • He struck him out with a fastball.
  • Strahm left a fastball over the plate.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • His fastball got hit around a bit last year.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The fastball isn’t my best pitch.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • His four-seam fastball has not lost a tick.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Just don’t miss with a fastball.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • His four-seam fastball got turned around twice.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • So has his swing-and-miss on fastballs.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • His fastball isn’t quite back, though.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Both home-run balls came on first-pitch four-seam fastballs.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • His fastball has been timed at 91 mph.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The Tigers didn’t chase his fastball.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2026
  • His fastball topped out at 98 mph.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • His fastball tops out at 89 mph.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Yates threw him a 92 mph fastball.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 9 June 2026
  • One fastball, one on a sinker and one on a slider.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Rodón’s fastball topped out at 94 mph.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Weiss said of the mid-90s fastballs.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Need to get in on the guys with the fastball a little bit more.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2024
  • The kid pitched from the stretch and fired a fastball 92 mph.
    — Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Not one of those pitches had been a four-seam fastball.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • Sheehan threw three fastballs in the at-bat.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The run game became their fastball down the stretch.
    — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • There’s some concern over how his fastball will play.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Scott’s third pitch was a fastball well below the strike zone.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
  • In a full count, a lot of kids will think the fastball is coming.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2024
  • Kayfus hit a four-seam fastball that caught too much of the plate.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
  • There have been some teams that have tried to attack the high fastball.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • His fastball is back around 100 mph.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Webb threw his sinking, two-seam fastball just eight times.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025

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