Sentence examples for batter the ball from inspiring English sources

Helton's function is to batter the ball.

In baseball, when a left-handed pitcher throws a curveball to a left-handed batter, the ball will curve away from the batter and be slightly harder to hit.

Roberts cut the ball back perfectly for Nick Ross near the penalty spot only for the Inverness midfielder to batter the ball against an opponent with a shot that lacked conviction.

He batters the ball straight into the wall.

Japan was not exactly battering the ball, either.

Unfortunately his sixth ball strays and Trescothick batters the ball to the boundary.

Dhoni batters the ball with a crafted severity, like a man expertly demolishing an unwanted partition wall.

Wohlers's basic mechanical problem was elementary: his front shoulder opened too quickly as he drove to the plate, sending his fastball sailing high and inside to right-handed batters, the ball never going below the thigh.

Those goals bred confidence and Celtic turned on the style, Berget battering the ball off the bar and Stokes forcing a terrific save from Cierzniak before the half-time whistle sounded.

There's a series of great headers and clip after clip of him picking it up midway between halfway line and penalty area, striding forward, barging defenders aside, bursting through them like a runaway train and battering the ball into the back of the net.

When pitching against live batters, the ball may be hit right back at you, so it's good to get in the habit of getting ready.