Sentence examples for batters send from inspiring English sources

This is because (as with the shortstop) many right-handed batters send the ball straight towards third base when they hit it.

Greinke tried to throw a full-count slider past Upton, but the Padres batter sent it out to center for his 13th home run of the season.

And at the tender age of 23 he struck out three of the final four Red Sox batters to send the Rays to the World Series.

In the top of the ninth, with two down, and just one more strike needed to finish off the batter and send the crowd home happy, the pitcher got him looking.

The Dodgers couldn't have chosen a better batter to send up.

No matter how hard he throws a fastball or how many batters he sends back to the dugout, Lincecum, the San Francisco Giants' 5-foot-11, 160-pound right-hander, has a hard time not being dismissed as Tiny Tim.

Shortstops see a lot of action in a typical game – more than any other defensive position - as most right-handed batters tend to send the ball into the shortstop's area.

The next batter, Brandon Belt, sent a ball soaring into the sky, but it landed in the glove of Jordany Valdespin at the warning track in center to end the game.

When he thought the forts were sufficiently battered, Farragut sent a vessel upriver one night to cut a hole in the chain boom in preparation to steam past the forts.

Niese, who went his previous 25 innings without a walk, then walked the No. 8 batter, Henry Blanco, to send one runner home.

He allowed the free-swinging Cardinals minor leaguers to send 11 batters to the plate in the third inning, although his next two innings were much more orderly.