the strike zone
noun
baseball
: the area over home plate where the baseball must pass after it is pitched in order to be called a strike
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The 20-year-old lefty hitter commands the strike zone well, too, with 11 walks and 13 strikeouts.
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2024
Conversely, the Giants are chasing 30.2% of the time they get pitched outside the strike zone, smack dab in the middle of the league.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
The slider helped keep the Rangers’ left-handed hitters off-balance, but his fastball, sinker and changeup were also executed in the strike zone.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2024
The pitch was below the strike zone, crossing the plate just 17.4 inches above the ground.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2024
Drop them back and into the strike zone under the bridge.
—Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 24 Apr. 2024
The next batter was De La Cruz, and after him, Winn threw five straight pitches outside the strike zone — one was erroneously called a strike — to put on Jazz Chisolm Jr., only to be erased by Patrick Bailey to end the inning.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
The Yankees were patient, waiting for Luzardo to throw hittable pitches inside the strike zone.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
They can be worked slowly and kept in the strike zone; crappie may still be sensitive to cold water and not willing to move too far or fast to chase a lure.
—Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2024
Conversely, the Giants are chasing 30.2% of the time they get pitched outside the strike zone, smack dab in the middle of the league.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
The slider helped keep the Rangers’ left-handed hitters off-balance, but his fastball, sinker and changeup were also executed in the strike zone.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2024
The pitch was below the strike zone, crossing the plate just 17.4 inches above the ground.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2024
Drop them back and into the strike zone under the bridge.
—Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 24 Apr. 2024
The next batter was De La Cruz, and after him, Winn threw five straight pitches outside the strike zone — one was erroneously called a strike — to put on Jazz Chisolm Jr., only to be erased by Patrick Bailey to end the inning.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
The Yankees were patient, waiting for Luzardo to throw hittable pitches inside the strike zone.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
They can be worked slowly and kept in the strike zone; crappie may still be sensitive to cold water and not willing to move too far or fast to chase a lure.
—Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
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