How to Use left field in a Sentence

left field

noun
  • Get lots of sun at the back of the berm in right and left fields.
    — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Bolin scored the game’s first run as the throw to third went down the left field line.
    — Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2021
  • Reyes followed with his blast to left field to tie it at 1-all.
    — Kristie Rieken, Star Tribune, 19 July 2021
  • Castellanos has started at first base, right field and left field.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • No need to send them it when Joey hits a deep drive into left field.
    — Joe Harrington, The Enquirer, 13 Jan. 2022
  • The next day, the Dodgers called him up and started him in left field.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2021
  • How does that get you to something from out of left field, like, say, pear and blue cheese?
    — Bon Appétit, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The ball traveled 380 feet and cleared the wall in left field.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Haase turned on an inside fastball and the ball clanged off the foul pole in left field.
    — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2021
  • That’s a tough play down the line, and left field in Detroit is a big field.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2021
  • This year, Spencer Steer has moved from third base to first base to left field.
    — The Enquirer, 31 July 2023
  • Will Smith hit a solo homer that dropped in the first row of seats in left field.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 19 Sep. 2021
  • In the fourth, Donaldson flied out to the wall in left field.
    — Jerry Beach, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2022
  • So, about that Mike Trout switch from center field to left field?
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Kepler started the fifth with a homer to left field for a 6-4 lead.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 22 June 2022
  • Jose Ramirez, with one out, sent a liner toward the line in left field.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 29 July 2023
  • Will Smith flew out to the warning track in left field to strand Betts.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Jalen Battles roped a rbi-double down the left field line to open the score.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 June 2022
  • Johnson started in left field and went 2-for-5 and drove in a run.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
  • The Tigers have used him plenty in left field and, solely in warmups, at first base.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Tomlin is the fast-rising scribe who took the genre world and Bat-world from left field.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The San Diego Padres have a gaping hole in left field to fill.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
  • The Sox plan on largely utilizing him in right or left field.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Francona, who asked Rosario to play left field in spring training, took the hit for the loss.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022
  • In 2005, the bullpens were moved from right field to the empty space in left field.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Made eventually could end up at second base, third or left field.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Dubón has also already played third base and left field this season for the Braves.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Center field, left field and first base are certainly options for him.
    — Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Betts lived up to his end of the bargain, launching a 436-foot shot to left field.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The first double hit off the wall in left field to score Josh Bell in the first inning.
    — Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2024

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