How to Use foul ball in a Sentence

foul ball

noun
  • Catch a foul ball, record an out.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • What is the penalty for a foul ball?
    — Mac Engel june 18, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 June 2026
  • Saw a lot of swing-and-miss and foul balls on the heater, too.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • They were locked in, hoping for a foul ball.
    — Peter Folan, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026
  • Chisholm hasn’t had the best luck with foul balls lately.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
  • He was hit in the face by a foul ball and may lose the sight in one eye.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • In his mind the play of the day was when the foul ball that bounced over our heads.
    — Wally Hall, Arkansas Online, 4 July 2023
  • He was hit in the hand by a foul ball in the bottom of the fourth.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 4 May 2024
  • In the fifth inning, a foul ball came off the bat and hit him the face.
    — Puja Bhattacharjee, CNN, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Cooper even had a dream of catching a homer or foul ball.
    — Ken Powtak, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
  • The umpires convened, and the slam was changed to a foul ball.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2018
  • One foul ball landed a couple of feet from the left-field line.
    — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 7 July 2018
  • This is not the first time Wingert has been injured by a foul ball.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 19 May 2022
  • Most were tied to routine plays, such as singles and foul balls.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
  • On Wednesday night, he’d been drilled in the same knee on a foul ball.
    — Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 11 July 2024
  • The tightness cropped up when the third baseman ranged to his right for a foul ball.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
  • Pawtucket schools got the rest along with the foul ball screen, lights, foul pole.
    — Providence Journal, The Providence Journal, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Three-and-two count, foul ball — almost inevitably on a three-and-two count.
    — David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2020
  • But when umpires came back with their response, the call on the field stood as a foul ball.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Caratini was hit by a foul ball on the right hand in the fifth inning.
    — Bernie Wilson, ajc, 9 July 2021
  • The umpiring crew convened and changed the call to a foul ball.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2021
  • But foul balls did not count as strikes until 1901.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • If someone in the stands catches a foul ball, the batter is out.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
  • He was shaken up by a foul ball Friday, but stayed in the game.
    — Ken Powtak, The Seattle Times, 20 May 2019
  • First base umpire Derek Thomas ruled it to have been a foul ball.
    — Michael Hurley, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In the world of foul ball catches in the stands, there are only two genres.
    — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 23 July 2019
  • In a matter of minutes, the fan caught two foul balls from the same hitter.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2019
  • But there was a long foul ball on a changeup that may prove just as memorable.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In July, a man was bloodied by a foul ball that struck him in the head.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Álvarez was hit on the right hand by a foul ball in the bottom of the eighth inning.
    — Kristie Rieken, ajc, 20 June 2023

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