How to Use foul tip in a Sentence

foul tip

noun
  • Posey has been out since July 4, when he was hurt by a foul tip.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 11 July 2021
  • Kowalewski bobbles the foul tip to help the righty get the strikeout.
    — Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The next day Bucknor was hit in the mask by a foul tip and was forced to leave the game.
    — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Posey's hand injury happened in the sixth when a foul tip appeared to catch him on the heel of the glove.
    — David Brandt, ajc, 5 July 2021
  • Kelly took a foul tip off his toe in the first inning on May 13.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2021
  • Sandoval fouled off four straight pitches before striking out on a foul tip.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Later on, in the top of the ninth, Maile took a foul tip directly off the mask.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 14 July 2022
  • Ramos, Tampa Bay's catcher, took a foul tip off the top of his left foot.
    — Ken Powtak, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Garver bruised his left hand on a foul tip and left Thursday's game in the third inning.
    — Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021
  • In early June, Stephenson was hit by a foul tip in the hand and broke his right thumb.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 22 July 2022
  • Stassi has a left thumb sprain after getting hit by a foul tip Monday night.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The Astros' three-hole hitter writhed in pain and held his left knee that absorbed a nasty foul tip.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Catcher Tony Wolters took a foul tip off his left leg in the ninth inning and had to leave the game.
    — David Brandt, Star Tribune, 25 Aug. 2020
  • He was hit in the helmet by a pitch Friday and took a foul tip off his mask Tuesday.
    — Steve Herrick, Star Tribune, 17 June 2021
  • In turn, catchers are inching closer to the plate to reduce the likelihood a foul tip hits them.
    — Matthew Gutierrez, courant.com, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Ending the slump did not come without some pain, though, after Raleigh took a foul tip near his manhood.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
  • Hoskins was hit in the mouth by his own foul tip on Monday in Los Angeles.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 1 June 2018
  • In the fourth, a Bregman foul tip appeared to glance off Murphy’s glove and catch him near the left ear.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 May 2021
  • The result was a foul tip into William Contreras’ glove for strike three.
    — Katie Woo, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
  • Jeffers was hit in his headgear twice in the third inning on foul tips — once off his mask, the other on the left side of his helmet.
    — David Brown, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The elbow that bothered him for days after being hit by a foul tip earlier this season.
    — Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In the second, O'Hoppe, the Angels' catcher, took a foul tip off his neck.
    — CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • In the second, O’Hoppe, the Angels’ catcher, took a foul tip off his neck.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The night threatened to get even worse when Vázquez took a foul tip to his right hand late in the game, forcing him to exit early.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Catcher Christian Vasquez dropped a third-strike foul tip while transferring the ball from his glove to his bare hand.
    — New York Times, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Josh Donaldson struck out on a foul tip into Jake Rogers’ glove during the fourth.
    — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2021
  • Garver hasn't played since June 1, when he was struck by a foul tip in Baltimore and needed surgery.
    — Matt Carlson, Star Tribune, 19 July 2021
  • Then on Thursday, a foul tip hit Stephenson’s right thumb and wiped away the momentum of his season.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 9 June 2022
  • But Soto came back with a strikeout of Abreu on a foul tip, then got Jimenez to ground out to Báez.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2022
  • Kulpa was forced to leave the game in the ninth inning with two outs when he was hit in the mask by a foul tip off the bat of Matt Thaiss.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2022

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