How to Use center field in a Sentence

center field

noun
  • She used to be a shortstop but now she plays center field.
  • In the first inning, Davidson crushed one to dead center field that looked to be gone.
    Pj Brown, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2022
  • Miller put the ball back up the middle and into left-center field, just past a diving Báez.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2022
  • Twice he’s turned double plays after racing into center field, snaring a popup and firing the ball to first to nab a runner.
    Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2022
  • The pitch traveled down and away, hitting the corner of the strike zone, but Naylor hammered the ball 416 feet to center field.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 22 May 2022
  • Then Windermere’s leadoff hitter, senior Blake Cyr, ripped a triple to left-center field.
    Steve Gorches, Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2022
  • An inning later, USD took a 4-3 lead when Sim drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly to center field.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022
  • Blue-and-gold streamers fell into the American Family Field stands as the team gathered in shallow center field.
    Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
  • In a seven pitch at-bat, Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks left a fastball in the strike zone, and Votto timed it and hit it over the fence in right-center field.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 26 May 2022
  • Mobile Christian loaded the bases in the top of the seventh, but Braya Hodges got a pair of strikeouts in the inning and the third out came on a fly ball to center field.
    Al.com Reports, al, 18 May 2022
  • Hammond leadoff hitter Aidan Harris smoked a ball to the right-center field gap, giving the Golden Bears a one-run lead in the top of third.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2022
  • The 22-year-old was in the leadoff spot and in center field.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Pache started 49 of the A’s first 57 games in center field.
    Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 June 2022
  • There used to be dark spots in the left-field corner, deep center field, and in the right-field gap.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
  • But his 379-foot line drive to center field was caught at the warning track.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2022
  • As the ball sailed out to right center field, Casey Wensley pointed up at the sky.
    Aj Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • In the 11th inning, Enos Slaughter hit a fly ball to deep center field.
    Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The result: a two-run double Muncy lined to left-center field, putting the Dodgers (37-20) in front for the first time.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
  • Puk entered and gave up a drive to center field by Cal Raleigh.
    Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2022
  • Then Josh Naylor got hold of a cutter over the plate and launched it 399 feet over the center field wall.
    Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The Tigers kept the comeback alive with two outs when Greene hit a line-drive single to center field.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2023
  • And Friday, for the second time in the last three games, Martinez was in center field and Taveras on the bench.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Ohtani made more noise in the fifth inning on a triple hit into the gap in left-center field.
    Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Straw and Kwan worked a double steal and scored on Rosario’s double off the center field wall for a 3-0 lead.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 July 2023
  • About an hour before the game, Darvish walked into center field and dropped to a knee.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Michael Helman closed the scoring with a two-run home run to center field.
    Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 1 May 2024
  • Amed Rosario followed with a triple into the right center field gap for a 4-3 lead.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 23 July 2022
  • That means pitchers can no longer rub the ball and stare into center field, slowing the game to a crawl.
    Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • What did the great Kevin Towers tell me about Petco’s center field?
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • One was an inside-the-park homer, a sinking line drive to center field that got past a diving Derek Hill and went all the way to the wall.
    Jack Magruder, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024

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