How to Use center field in a Sentence

center field

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  • She used to be a shortstop but now she plays center field.
  • The 22-year-old was in the leadoff spot and in center field.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Gonzalez doubled off the top of the fence in right center field to start the inning against Bassitt.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Martinez was on his way to a spot above center field where TBS built a set for its pre-game and post-game shows.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • With two outs, Miguel Cabrera singled to center field for a 1-0 lead.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2022
  • With two outs, and the Tigers down by one run, Riley Greene lined a game-tying single to center field.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2022
  • In the fourth inning, with two on and two out, Judge took Mike Mayers’ 1-and-2 four-seam fastball over the right-center field wall.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The 21-year-old was the burst of energy the Mariners needed, not to mention an answer at center field.
    — Tim Booth, ajc, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Scot Leslie, a line painter on Team Walter, played center field without a break.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Nimmo had to improve his routes and tracking in the outfield to stay in center field and stay in the lineup.
    — Abbey Mastracco, Hartford Courant, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The Toronto Blue Jays found help both in center field and in their rotation.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 19 Dec. 2022
  • For the first time, Lee lined up in center field behind Webb, giving him a new perspective on the team’s ace.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Teoscar Hernandez then smacked a line drive to center field to score Rodríguez and make it 1-0.
    — Kristie Rieken, oregonlive, 9 July 2023
  • Carroll stayed back on the pitch before drilling it 97.3 mph into left-center field.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The Rays had runners on the corners with one out in the top of the innings when Brandon Lowe hit a popup to shallow center field.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Jose Ramirez, after a double steal by Straw and Rosario, gave Cleveland the lead, 2-1, with a two-run double off the wall in left center field.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Kyle Schwarber had a 443-foot rocket to center field that landed high in the shrubbery that makes up the batters’ eye.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Finally, in the ninth, with the Dodgers down to their last strike, Freddie Freeman lined a double off the right-center field wall, but Smith flied out.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Shohei Ohtani, 29, will be introduced in the center field plaza of Dodger Stadium.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023

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