How to Use strike zone in a Sentence

strike zone

noun
  • There needs to be just less swing and miss in the strike zone.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 June 2021
  • Irvin can’t afford to leave the ball up and in the strike zone.
    — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2022
  • The homer came on a changeup that hung at the top of the strike zone.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 9 June 2022
  • And there's places in the strike zone that are a little tougher to get to.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The whole part of figuring out a strike zone was so much fun.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Big league catchers now have to learn every strike zone.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • His knowledge of the strike zone is one of the biggest keys for me.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Tonight was just some pitches that found the middle of the strike zone.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2020
  • And his knowledge of his strike zone will help to swiftly move him up the ranks.
    — Richard Obert, azcentral, 1 June 2018
  • Many of his swings and misses are on pitches at the top or above the strike zone.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Pitches that far out of the strike zone are not supposed to end up over the fence.
    — Tim Booth, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2022
  • The machine is set in the mid-70s and points at a two-tire strike zone.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2020
  • Olson worked to keep his body centered to get his hands out front and through the strike zone.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2021
  • The first step was chasing fewer pitches out of the strike zone.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2019
  • The biggest issues will center on the specifics of the strike zone.
    — Popular Science, 9 June 2020
  • The spectators don't like the strike zone and nobody here is shy.
    — Michael Casagrande, AL.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Toro struck out looking on a full-count slider at the top of the strike zone for the third out.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2022
  • By then, the Braves had stopped chasing pitches out of the strike zone.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • There aren’t many pitchers who can beat Castellanos in the strike zone.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Do that, and the Dodgers will expand their strike zone and start chasing.
    — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021
  • But in this instance, the pitch sat squarely in the middle of the strike zone.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Valdez spotted an 0-1 sinker on the outer half of his strike zone.
    — Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
  • Used to be, catchers would prepare for an umpire’s strike zone.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • But more and more in the modern big leagues, that does not mean throwing the ball in the strike zone.
    — Joe Lemire, SFChronicle.com, 16 July 2019
  • Elsewhere, the show pitched in Sweeney’s strike zone and failed to connect.
    — Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Against Perez, Greene’s first two sliders weren’t close to the strike zone.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 16 May 2022
  • The strike zone was from chalk to chalk and guys were slapping the ball through the hole and taking their hits.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 10 May 2021
  • To be pleased with his debut, the 6-foot-5 lefty must attack the strike zone.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2022
  • The hitters are not as good, the strike zones are not as tight and the pressure is not as intense.
    — Bob Brookover, Philly.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Balls that fly past opponents on hard courts and grass courts head right into their strike zones on clay.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 May 2026

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