Sentence examples for fruitless plate from inspiring English sources

As it stands, Verlander's 33 career plate appearances without a hit, walk or hit by pitch are a major league record, surpassing Nellie King, a pitcher for Pittsburgh in the 1950s, who had 29 fruitless plate appearances over four seasons.

It has proved fruitless.

Stuff happens, at least that is what the Americans were telling themselves after two insufferably fruitless nights at the plate that led to botched plays at second base in extra innings and losses to Japan and China.

He was not in the starting lineup yesterday and was a defensive replacement in the ninth inning, but he did not bat in the Mets' fruitless comeback that had Manager Bobby Valentine out of bench players, forced to even use pitcher Mike Hampton at the plate.

It was fruitless.

Conferences with Floridablanca fruitless.

Search is fruitless.

It is fruitless.

These efforts proved fruitless.

Tudor City proved fruitless.

Those talks proved fruitless.