Sentence examples for command throwing from inspiring English sources

But Vazquez struggled with his command, throwing 112 pitches and walking three batters.

Dominant in retiring the first 11 hitters he faced, Pelfrey abruptly lost his command, throwing nearly as many pitches in his final inning and two-thirds (52) as in his previous four (56).

"It was a lot better than what we saw when he was pitching in the big leagues, as far as command, throwing the ball over the plate and trusting his stuff.

He struggled with command, throwing only 30 of 55 pitches for strikes.

He incorporated a lower-body adjustment in his delivery between starts to pounce on hitters early in counts with pinpoint command, throwing first-pitch strikes to 22 of the 28 hitters he faced.

But what gave the faux-troversy life was how quickly the Obama reelection high command threw the highly connected Democratic operative with no formal connection to the campaign or the administration under the bus.

General Salim Idris, often described as the leader of the Free Syrian Army although it is unclear how many of the rebels are under his command, threw his weight behind the interim government idea.

On Monday, Strasburg had wanted to work on his fastball command and throw strikes on both sides of the plate, and he did that, Freitas said.

The idea, he said, is to avoid "the ad hoc nature" of past wartime command headquarters, thrown together in time of emergency.

PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Wednesday that France intended to become a full member of NATO, 43 years after Charles de Gaulle pulled France out of the alliance's military command and threw NATO, and American forces, out of the country.

Early in the war, four hundred and fifty Americans, many of them under Moore's command, were thrown into a battle against two thousand regulars of the North Vietnamese Army in the Ia Drang Valley.