Examples of breaking ball in a Sentence
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An inning later, second baseman Kody Clemens gave the Twins a bit of breathing room, getting ahold of a first-pitch breaking ball and sending it out to left-center field.
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 26 June 2025
Pinch-hitter Jose Tabata fouled off a pair of 2-2 pitches before Scherzer clipped him on the elbow with a breaking ball.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Can a pitcher without an average breaking ball be a truly elite hurler?
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
But the breaking ball Marlins pitcher Cade Gibson bounced is one of the things Shildt had in mind as well.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 26 June 2025
Pinch-hitter Jose Tabata fouled off a pair of 2-2 pitches before Scherzer clipped him on the elbow with a breaking ball.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Can a pitcher without an average breaking ball be a truly elite hurler?
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
But the breaking ball Marlins pitcher Cade Gibson bounced is one of the things Shildt had in mind as well.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
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“Breaking ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breaking%20ball. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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