Sentence examples for pitch a strike from inspiring English sources

"It was a good pitch, a strike, and he hit it," Ramírez said.

But Carlson called the pitch a strike, and Perez turned away in disbelief.

Rizzuto took Lemon's first pitch, a strike, and argued the call with the umpire.

Rapuano had incurred the wrath of Orlando Hernández for failing to call a belt-high pitch a strike.

The umpire later admitted the 2-2 curveball was not a strike and said he wouldn't call that pitch a strike if he could do it again.

What does he have to lose by not calling the last pitch a strike to call a perfect game?" What Froemming would have lost is integrity, even if only he knew.

Smoltz, now an analyst for TBS and the MLB Network, said QuesTec killed the game because umpires became so grade-conscious that they were unwilling to call close pitches a strike.

Votto takes the next pitch for a strike, and the following pitch for ball four.

Burnett said later that he did not remember whether he thought the pitch was a strike, but Girardi said he thought the pitch was "pretty good".

I was able to show the hitter more than one pitch for a strike in the zone and they couldn't really sit on one pitch".

"I tried to throw every pitch for a strike.