Sentence examples for in opponent from inspiring English sources

Young's professional baseball career took off in the 2006 season, when he was the major league leader in opponent batting average, hits per nine innings and road earned run average (ERA) and was named the National League Pitcher of the Month for June.

Young ended the 2007 season as the major league leader in opponent batting average and hits per nine innings, but also in stolen bases allowed (with 44).

Memphis was one of the league's top defensive teams both with and without Gay, finishing the season ranked third in the N.B.A. in opponent field goal percentage, second in opponent turnover rate and second in points allowed per 100 possessions.

He would still be champion were it not for the heat, the weight problems, the change in opponent.

Indiana was a solid defensive team last season, finishing ninth in points allowed per 100 possessions and seventh in opponent effective field goal percentage.

Belmont is the 18th-most-accurate 3-point shooting team in the country; Arizona is tied for 273rd in opponent 3-point percentage.

Nervous after having heard at his gym the previous week that his write-in opponent was going to snag votes, Mr. Slosberg dashed out to the polling places in his district, where long lines had formed early.

The stand-in opponent is a critical role in mock debates: The person usually spends weeks preparing by watching old debates and studying policy statements in order to present a precise and textured version of the adversary, and even sometimes remains in character during downtime between practice sessions.

Burns then declined an exhibition fight after stand-in opponent Jose Ocampo also pulled out.

WBO world lightweight champion Ricky Burns has turned down the chance to box in a 10-round exhibition fight in London after stand-in opponent Jose Ocampo pulled out of their title bout.

That said, write-in opponents would find it difficult to argue with Nader's second solution.