Examples of breaking ball in a Sentence
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There was just the one pitch to Wood — hung a breaking ball.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 May 2025
The fastball and the breaking ball all looked good.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 18 May 2025
Virginia shortstop Eric Becker homered in his first at-bats on Saturday and Sunday, the latter to the opposite field on a backdoor breaking ball that, to be fair, was knocked very timidly.
—Keith Law, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
In the second inning, Max Muncy crushed a hanging breaking ball for a double, to set up the Dodgers with runners on second and third base with one out.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 May 2025
The fastball and the breaking ball all looked good.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 18 May 2025
Virginia shortstop Eric Becker homered in his first at-bats on Saturday and Sunday, the latter to the opposite field on a backdoor breaking ball that, to be fair, was knocked very timidly.
—Keith Law, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
In the second inning, Max Muncy crushed a hanging breaking ball for a double, to set up the Dodgers with runners on second and third base with one out.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Breaking ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breaking%20ball. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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