Sentence examples for slam cleared from inspiring English sources

You can't get inside Scioscia's head, but it seems reasonable to assume that the minute that grand slam cleared the fence Thursday night Iannetta had at least momentarily solidified his spot behind the plate.

"He's marching through history right now and we're watching it," said the former world No1 Andy Roddick after a win that lifted Djokovic one slam clear of Andre Agassi, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, Ken Rosewall and Fred Perry.

Roger Federer's path to his first French Open victory and a career Grand Slam was cleared.

Brett Gardner crushed a grand slam, Alex Rodriguez cleared the bases with a double that was lost in the sunshine, and every starter but Jorge Posada scored or drove in a run, helping the Blue Jays match their franchise high for runs surrendered in an inning.

Celtic loanee McGregor slammed Notts ahead again, then cleared an Adebayo Akinfenwa effort off the line before Jack Grealish rifled home a third.

I slammed on the gas pedal and cleared the track in what seemed like seconds before the steel torpedoed by.

Standing in the home bullpen at Fenway Park, Horgan raised his arms in triumph as David Ortiz's game-tying grand slam -- and Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter -- cleared the wall in right-center field in the eighth inning.

Nolan Arenado cleared them with a grand slam to center field that moved the Rockies ahead, 4-0.

In his next at-bat, Reyes slammed a two-run homer that nearly cleared the right-field seats at AT&T Park.

It carried through the muggy air and just cleared the fence for a grand slam.

As the Yankees' designated hitter on Saturday, Posada belted a grand slam, then got the news he had been cleared by Manager Joe Girardi to play catcher again.