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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a fly out" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of baseball to describe a situation where a batter hits the ball into the air and it is caught by a fielder before it touches the ground.
Example: "In the bottom of the ninth, the team was down by one run when the batter hit a fly out to center field, ending the game."
Alternatives: "a fly ball" or "a pop out".
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After a fly out, Washburn threw two strikes to Kent.
In came Logan, who got Luke Scott to chase a slider before inducing a fly out from Matt Wieters.
But Franco retired Dunston on a fly out, and the Mets broke the game open after that.
He had a strikeout, a ground out and a fly out in both the eighth and the ninth innings.
After a fly out, catcher Jorge Posada spoke with Brown for a short while in front of the mound.
In came Leiter, and Posada singled up the middle to score Martinez, but Leiter got Chad Curtis to end the inning with a fly out to center field.
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Following a fly-out, Amanda M. Jason '08 tripled to right center, scoring Brenman.
But after Nelson retired Adam Kennedy on a fly-out, he walked Kevin Stocker.
Without a prototypical center on the court, the five-man group compensates with seamless switching and length on the defensive end, and a fly-out offensive grouping that scores with abandon.
SmugMug has also moved user comments to the same page as the photo (saving a click), and moved most of the metadata and photo options from the display area into a fly-out drawer.
That run came in the fourth, when the Dodgers sent a fly-out to center field, saving an almost-certain home run.
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