How to Use fielder in a Sentence

fielder

noun
  • The Tigers’ left fielder crashed into the wall and fell to the ground.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 18 June 2022
  • The Dodgers scored twice in the inning, on a wild pitch and a fielder’s choice.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Buechele got a pair of fielder’s choice outs to end the inning.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
  • In the third, Yuli Gurriel scored on a fielder’s choice.
    — Shane Lantz, Chron, 24 July 2022
  • The left fielder hit a solo homer in the second, a grand slam in the third and a two-run shot in the ninth.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021
  • The first run scored on a fielders choice after two of his walks.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
  • The right fielder stayed with the team for another six years.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Left fielder Aaron Hicks ran across the outfield but dropped the ball while tumbling to the grass.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The Sox got within a run when Zavala scored on a fielder’s choice.
    — Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The Anteaters’ right fielder tracked the ball to the warning track and caught it against the wall, just beneath the scoreboard.
    — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Center fielder Hunter Lamarr followed with a bunt for a hit to load the bases and bring the top of the lineup to the plate.
    — Luke Lawhorn, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Grossman, a left fielder by nature, lost a pair of balls in the sun in right.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Jarett Boswell sends a deep line drive over the center fielder to walk it off.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2024
  • Williams called the right fielder out, but, again, the Phillies challenged and won, sending out more boos from the crowd.
    — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Left fielder Taylor Ward caught a fly ball against the wall to get Fulmer out of the fifth.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 1 Aug. 2024
  • O’Hoppe didn’t know the hit would be a home run, but knew A’s left fielder Seth Brown wasn’t going to catch it.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Think of the baseball prospect who is a bad hitter but a poor fielder.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Starr worked around an error by his right fielder to get the final two outs of the game.
    — Stephen Whitaker, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Center fielder David Mysza of La Salle will go five for five in a game.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The left fielder went 0-4 with a walk in Sunday’s game against Cincinnati.
    — Jamie Barton, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The very next pitch, a 6-4-3 fielder’s choice that nabbed the runner at second but left the batter at first.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The Arkansas right fielder crushed a ball to the left-field bleachers.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 21 June 2022
  • Matt Thaiss pinch-hit and reached on a fielder’s choice, with a hustling Soto beating the throw to the plate to score.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Maton was the lone arm of the bunch to be charged with a run as Ryan Jeffers drove in Buxton on a fielder’s choice in the top of the eighth.
    — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
  • Freeman, the center fielder and Snead State signee, went 2-for-3 and scored three runs.
    — Skip Vaughn, al, 10 May 2023
  • De La Cruz scored on Sanchez’s fielder’s choice grounder to shortstop.
    — Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
  • The hit chased right fielder Rocco Peppi to third base with one out.
    — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2025
  • The mid-fielder played with the Canadian women's soccer team and won a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Center fielder Andy Pages misplayed a long drive toward the wall.
    — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The confidence in the rookie was such that Preller dealt away four minor-league center fielders.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025

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