How to Use home plate in a Sentence

home plate

noun
  • The runner was tagged out at home plate.
  • Bowyer sat in the first row behind home plate.
    — David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Well that’s 436 feet from the home plate.
    — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • The strike zone is just as wide — 17 inches — as home plate.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
  • He was known to kick dirt on home plate while arguing balls and strikes.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Perkins fielded the ball and came up firing towards home plate.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Lee slid awkwardly and stayed on the ground near home plate after the play.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Anthony came up firing, but his throw came nowhere close to home plate.
    — Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Right-fielder Austin Slater threw out one would-be run at home plate.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The ball crashed six feet up the backstop, 60 feet behind home plate.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Shown alongside a painting of a baseball home plate.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Witt turned and threw a strike to home plate as Dingler was dashing to score.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2026
  • Man, this is just one of those reminders that being a home plate umpire is no joke.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2026
  • While not the most fleet of foot, Perez floored the gas pedal toward home plate.
    — Kansas City Star, 3 May 2026
  • Jason Varitek crouched behind home plate.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Those behind home plate are 22 inches.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The call from home plate umpire James Hoye was upheld.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • A lot of this stuff is that the pitch is just not as strong near the hitter, near the catcher, near home plate.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • On the very next pitch, Keaton Winn spiked a splitter that bounced in front of home plate.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • So Garrett Stubbs, the catcher, stood in front of home plate.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • One umpire will be behind home plate with the other being on the first-base line.
    — Cal Phillips june 19, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2026
  • But home plate umpire Dan Merzel, who was right on top of the play, called it fair.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The home plate umpire had to address both dugouts in an effort to matters calm.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Lloyed slid into third on the hit but was initially called out by the home plate umpire.
    — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Thomas' agent needs to place Sydney behind home plate at Dodgers games.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Mark Wegner, the home plate umpire, ruled it a ball.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Witt corralled the baseball but airmailed an off-target throw to home plate.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2025
  • His times from home plate to first have increased from last season, even if his overall sprint speed hasn’t.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The ball was flying toward the netting behind home plate.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Betts was well to the left of home plate, not in Hernandez’s direct line of sight.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025

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