Sentence examples for strike foul from inspiring English sources

But, while he may strike hard blows, he is not at liberty to strike foul ones.

Pujols took the first pitch for a called strike, fouled off the second, and then went down as he tried to check his swing on a pitch up and in.

(There is an exception to this exception: a two-strike foul bunt is recorded as a third strike).

Manager Terry Collins said: "He didn't try to do anything different except continue to pound the strike zone — foul ball after foul ball after foul ball.

Ryan looked at two strikes, fouled off a pitch, then swung and missed for strike three.

Jeter fell behind in the count, 1 ball and 2 strikes, fouled off a pitch, took another outside.

He threw a wild pitch that tied the score, then walked McGwire after a pair of two-strike fouls.

The final out took 10 pitches, including four two-strike fouls from Victorino, a defending champion clinging to life.

Ventura said he can not hit foul balls at will, and that he was trying to put all four of his two-strike fouls into play.

With two outs in the ninth against Ryan Madson, Damon took two strikes, fouled off two pitches, worked the count to 2-2, then singled to center field.

It skipped past him for an error, and though Leiter retired the pinch-hitter Bobby Bonilla, he lost a 12-pitch duel with Rafael Furcal, who singled to left after six two-strike fouls to score Weiss.