How to Use grand slam in a Sentence

grand slam

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  • He made a grand slam.
  • In Tempe, Trout hit his first homer of the spring, a grand slam.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2024
  • His grand slam put the Twins ahead, 5-2, with no outs in the sixth inning.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Off the bat, Schwindel appeared to hit a two-out, go-ahead grand slam.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2022
  • The ball traveled 381 feet and over the wall in right-center field for a grand slam.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Would the porches and arched windows have been a grand slam?
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2022
  • The 14-year-old freshman at Olathe East hit her first grand slam in the fall.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The walkoff grand slam was just the start to the best stretch of Reyes’s major league career so far.
    — Greg McKenna, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Gonzalez’s homer was a grand slam with no outs in the fifth to make it 15-0.
    — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2024
  • His 17th homer of the season was also his third grand slam.
    — Dallas News, 3 June 2022
  • Hoskins also hit a grand slam against the Braves on opening day in 2019.
    — Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Mullins drove a 1-2 slider out of the park for his second grand slam of the season and the team’s sixth.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2023
  • On Tuesday night, Farmer was a few feet away from a walk-off grand slam.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Thomas Watson hit a grand slam in the sweep of Tuscaloosa County last week.
    — al, 5 May 2022
  • In his three-homer game, Northcut hit a grand slam in the 1st inning, a three-run homer in the 2nd and a solo shot in the 6th.
    — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 12 June 2022
  • One of them was a big hit — Jonah Heim’s fourth-inning grand slam.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • How about a grand slam from sophomore Kaden Miller in an 8-3 win to finish off the title?
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2022
  • Blake Dunn also hit a grand slam in the 1st inning, and finished with six RBIs.
    — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 7 July 2023
  • Royce Lewis hit a grand slam for his first big-league homer, capping a nine-run fifth inning for the Twins.
    — Wire Reports, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022
  • Nice couple days for Javy Baez: A grand slam and perhaps the defensive play of the year.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 3 July 2023
  • Rafael Nadal won the French Open for the 14th time on Sunday, setting a new record for men’s singles grand slam wins.
    — Sam Sussman, Vogue, 11 June 2022
  • Guerra caught a major break when a drive to right off the bat of Yan Gomes fell just short of going for a grand slam.
    — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The hope is that his grand slam against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday is a sign that he’s turned a corner.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Urias hit his first grand slam late in Thursday's game against the Nationals.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • For Varsho, the Diamondbacks’ right fielder, the shot was the first grand slam of his career.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Robert crushed a Sonny Gray slider, hitting it 452 feet for a grand slam.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2022
  • Santana then took Suarez’s fifth pitch high and deep over the left field fence and into the visiting bullpen for a grand slam.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
  • All four runs scored on a first-inning grand slam; Rodríguez then cruised through the second, third, fourth and fifth frames.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2022
  • Babe Ruth cards have been grand slams at auctions before.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Casas is second in home runs (20) among rookies, while Urías’s grand slam was his first homer in the majors since June 14.
    — Greg McKenna, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023

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