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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Pounding the strike zone, Painter said, has also helped the fastball’s performance. — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 31 July 2026 Landen Roupp entered play having allowed just three earned runs over his last three starts but couldn’t find the strike zone against Milwaukee, allowing four runs over 3 2/3 innings with three walks. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 29 July 2026 Too often Taillon is putting himself in bad counts — 1-0, 2-0, 2-1 — that force him back into the strike zone. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026 In a 1-1 count, Phillips threw a sinker on the inside edge of the strike zone, and Taylor lifted it into the left-field stands for a go-ahead three-run homer. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for the strike zone

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