How to Use long ball in a Sentence

long ball

noun
  • So how’d that long ball wind up in this column?
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • The baseball cliche is that chicks dig the long ball.
    — Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The long ball in the third frame was his second in four games.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Spread out on offense, shoot the long ball, drive for layups.
    — Michelle R. Martinelli, For The Win, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Tatum, like some of his teammates, have been prone to fall in love with the long ball.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Strikeouts will always be part of his game, but so will the long ball.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The Braves tied it in the bottom half with a long ball of their own.
    — Paul Newberry, ajc, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Goppy's quick long ball forces a timeout.
    — American-Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Murray might have been aware of what was at stake with Mills’ long ball.
    — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Yeah, he’s been bitten by the long ball the last 2 ½ outings.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022
  • For the second time in as many days, Castro played long ball.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2021
  • But the long ball was a frequent issue in the last part of the season.
    — Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • But Peoples-Jones still tracked and snagged a long ball for six.
    — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The Cubs have used the long ball to their advantage this year.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The long ball has kind of got me the last however many starts (six in his past five starts).
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
  • Boyd just wasn’t as crisp, and Imanaga struggled with the long ball.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • And without the long ball, the once high-scoring Cubs have been in too many close games.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The Tigers scored all of its runs in the first three innings of the game, with the help of the long ball.
    — Joshua Thornton, NOLA.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • The Beavers were in the lead for all but the first two minutes, as the long ball was working.
    — oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2021
  • The long ball has been absent from the offense and has been a problem for the pitching staff.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • The Cubs went back to the long ball to re-establish a seven-run lead in the sixth.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 July 2019
  • In the second, Keirsey hit a three-run homer, his seventh long ball of the season.
    — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 25 May 2024
  • The Sox relied on the long ball and strong pitching to snap a five-game losing streak.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • And the sixth was the one Jones mentioned when asked about his successful day with the long ball.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 6 Oct. 2020
  • However, both teams took advantage of the long ball.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
  • Danny Wilson broke up a long ball in the 61st minute of his first start of the year.
    — Jake Shapiro, The Denver Post, 17 July 2020
  • Leahy gives up a lot of runs, and Imanaga is susceptible to the long ball.
    — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • The long ball has been a familiar item for Kaprielian against the Rays.
    — Sam Warren, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2023
  • Suzuki’s long ball was part of a three-run seventh, which helped give the Cubs a five-run cushion.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Home runs hurt Boyd Without help from the bats, Boyd would have been doomed by the long ball.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2021

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