Sentence examples for slap a ball from inspiring English sources

Lannan, a 22-year-old left-hander who was making his third start, was the chief reason Bonds did not slap a ball out of the infield.

The first time Williams batted against the shift, he lined a double down the right-field line, and though Ricciardi said he believed it would behoove a hitter facing the shift to occasionally try to slap a ball to the vacated side of the field, Long and Yankees Manager Joe Girardi said they did not want to see Teixeira try to change who he is as a hitter.

He has slapped a ball out of a pitcher's hand during a key playoff game.

He looked desperate in slapping a ball 50 feet in an important situation.

The Basel midfielder was once banned for eight games for slapping a ball boy.

With one out, A. J. Pierzynski slapped a ball just to the left of a diving Alex Rodriguez for a single.

"I want their bases to be here," he said, slapping a ball of dough into a clay oven.

Bay redeemed himself in the sixth, when he slapped a ball up the middle that ricocheted off Volstad's right shoe for a single.

Soriano went to third on a groundout and, fittingly enough, breezed home when Michael Young slapped a ball off the glove of a diving Rodriguez.

Tavarez slapped a ball that skipped from the dirt to the outfield grass, over the shortstop's head, bringing in a run.

The Mets went ahead again in the 10th, when Kirk Nieuwenhuis, playing a half-hour from where he attended high school, slapped a ball into the left-field corner, allowing Mike Baxter, who had a pinch-hit single, to score from first.