How to Use strikeout in a Sentence

strikeout

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  • The duo had tied with eight strikeouts as the previous high.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Michael Maywood came on in relief, then got the next two outs on a grounder and a strikeout.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024
  • After a strikeout by José Altuve, Peña came to the plate with the Astros down to their last out.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 13 Oct. 2022
  • One analyst ranked him as the second best strikeout artist in the league.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
  • His strikeout rate and hit rate were career-best marks.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Abreu took over in the bottom of the seventh and struck out the side, with Montero adding a strikeout in a 1-2-3 eighth inning.
    — Josh Criswell, Chron, 2 Nov. 2022
  • De León tied a WBC record with 10 strikeouts in 5⅔ innings.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Starting a not fully healthy, strikeout-prone CT3 in Games 3 and 4.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The 31-year-old allowed four runs on two hits and three walks with two strikeouts across 2⅓ innings.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Miguel Cabrera, the eldest player on the roster, made up for a pair of strikeouts with a pair of walks.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2023
  • Anderson went 0-for-2 with two strikeouts in his first game since the fight.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Senior Kristin White tossed a no-hitter with just one walk and 14 strikeouts.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2023
  • His bunt went foul with two strikes, resulting in a strikeout.
    — Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The sophomore right-hander attacked the zone in the fourth and fifth, but lost command after back-to-back strikeouts.
    — oregonlive, 23 Apr. 2023
  • One batter later, Schmidt came to bat for his strikeout against Ken Forsch.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Cease allowed one run on four hits with eight strikeouts and one walk in 5 1/3 innings.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • That included going 0 for 10 with four strikeouts when the teams met right after the All-Star break.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Mulkey hit for the cycle and pitched five innings with five strikeouts in a 16-3 victory against Taft.
    — David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • So, while the strikeout numbers are eye popping, so are the innings and injury numbers.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Trey Mancini, the former Cub, also is off to a slow start (1 for 13, six strikeouts) in his bid to win a backup first base/DH job.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Zoey Kugelman was great in the circle, allowing just one run on five hits with a walk and two strikeouts vs. the Golden Bears.
    — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 9 May 2023
  • Freeman followed with a strikeout on a pitch that was also wide of the zone, only his was also above it.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The Ole Miss commit allowed two runs in four innings with one hit, five walks and seven strikeouts.
    — Michael Huntley, Orange County Register, 5 Apr. 2024
  • This winter, Pobereyko pitched for Algodoneros de Guasave and led the league with 73 strikeouts in 70⅓ innings.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • All of Schmidt's strikeouts were swinging, four with an 86 mph sweeper than kept the Rockies off balance.
    — Jack Magruder, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • That his strikeouts are down does not detract from what has been a dominant season for a flawed team.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Eickhoff allowed four four runs (three earned) on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 13 May 2023
  • He’s made five appearances against the Yankees (three starts) and has 19 strikeouts in 19 innings.
    — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Black likes Lawrence’s nasty stuff and ability to get out of trouble via strikeouts or groundball outs.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Going into his final start of the year against Kansas City, Rodón had 64 strikeouts.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
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strike out

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  • In the start for Akron, Bieber struck out four and allowed one earned run.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Detmers came back to strike out the side in order in the third.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Betts struck out on a slider that was below and wide of the strike zone.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Hall struck out 27 in 10 innings in two wins this week.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Suzuki threw a complete-game shutout and struck out nine at the Tokyo Dome.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • On a 2-2 pitch, Glasscock threw a change-up to strike out Bennett.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 18 May 2022
  • The bet: that Foster would strike out no fewer than 18 men.
    — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2024
  • San Diego State commit struck out 74 and walked just 21 for the league runner-up.
    — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • And so, the best players in history strike out or get out, 7 out of 10 times.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The 6-foot-7 right-hander didn’t allow a hit and struck out three in three innings.
    — Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The shortstop went 0 for 4 and struck out swinging three times in Tuesday’s loss to the Royals.
    — Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Gough came in from the bullpen in the top of fifth to strike out West with the bases loaded for a decisive moment.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
  • In six innings of play, the Kennedy batters didn’t strike out a single time.
    — oregonlive, 3 June 2022
  • But McMillan then recorded a strike out end the inning.
    — Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al, 24 May 2022
  • Bello then got Rowdy Tellez to strike out on a high four-seam fastball at the top of the zone to end the inning.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022
  • So, if the Dodgers striking out with runners on base frustrates you, get ready for more of that.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Crawford came back to strike out Ji-Man Choi on four pitches.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2022
  • That was the only inning in which Woodruff did not strike out at least two hitters.
    — Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2022
  • And all Koufax did was hold the Twins to three hits in a 2-0 victory, striking out 10.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • But after a one out walk, Ervin got Kylie Bearden to strike out swinging on a full-count pitch on the outside of the zone.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2022
  • After the delay, Dossett got Irish on a fly out and struck out Peirce swinging to end the inning.
    — Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Montas is the only pitcher this season to strike out Judge three times in one game.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 June 2022
  • The Comets would load the bags but Mathis would strike out cleanup hitter Ellie Offner to escape the frame.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 24 May 2022
  • Wentz, called up from Triple-A Toledo for Friday’s start, struck out three and walked a pair in five shutout innings.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Cease walked Celestino with two outs in the sixth but got Arraez to strike out looking to end the inning.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Steven Kwan are the two hardest players to strike out in the American League, and Cleveland as a team is by far the league’s best at putting the ball in play.
    — Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • In some cases, civilians struck out at looters, and at others who seemed like a threat.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • Andrew Knapp started at catcher and struck out three times.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Outfielder Thomas Chiappetti came on to get the last out on a strike out.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2022
  • Toussaint struck out four and walked one while earning his first win of the season in his 83-pitch outing.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023

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