How to Use center field in a Sentence

center field

noun
  • She used to be a shortstop but now she plays center field.
  • The 22-year-old was in the leadoff spot and in center field.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Pache started 49 of the A’s first 57 games in center field.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 June 2022
  • On the sixth pitch of the at-bat, Taylor crushed a 390-foot homer to center field that tied the game at 3.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 11 July 2021
  • There used to be dark spots in the left-field corner, deep center field, and in the right-field gap.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
  • But his 379-foot line drive to center field was caught at the warning track.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Springer hit his fourth homer, a two-run shot to straightaway center field, in the first.
    — Mike Haim, orlandosentinel.com, 3 July 2021
  • Tatis ends up in center field than that CJ Abrams is moved there.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Bart and Ramos both entered the game in the bottom of the fourth, Bart behind the plate and Ramos in center field.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2021
  • As the ball sailed out to right center field, Casey Wensley pointed up at the sky.
    — Aj Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • In the 11th inning, Enos Slaughter hit a fly ball to deep center field.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The result: a two-run double Muncy lined to left-center field, putting the Dodgers (37-20) in front for the first time.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
  • Puk entered and gave up a drive to center field by Cal Raleigh.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2022
  • Then Josh Naylor got hold of a cutter over the plate and launched it 399 feet over the center field wall.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The Mariners won it in the seventh on Rodriguez’s inside-the-park homer to right center field.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The Tigers kept the comeback alive with two outs when Greene hit a line-drive single to center field.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2023
  • And Friday, for the second time in the last three games, Martinez was in center field and Taveras on the bench.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • In the first inning, Davidson crushed one to dead center field that looked to be gone.
    — Pj Brown, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2022
  • Ohtani made more noise in the fifth inning on a triple hit into the gap in left-center field.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Hill can play in the slot, box or center field, his 4.38 speed a welcome trait at any of those spots.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Straw and Kwan worked a double steal and scored on Rosario’s double off the center field wall for a 3-0 lead.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 July 2023
  • Lowrie singled on a grounder to center field to score Olson and make it 2-0.
    — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 8 July 2021
  • Sellers belted a double to the left-center field gap to clear the bases and send the Saints to Oxford.
    — al, 14 May 2022
  • His sacrifice fly to center field scored Lowe to knot the score at four.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 18 Sep. 2021
  • About an hour before the game, Darvish walked into center field and dropped to a knee.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Michael Helman closed the scoring with a two-run home run to center field.
    — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 1 May 2024
  • Amed Rosario followed with a triple into the right center field gap for a 4-3 lead.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 23 July 2022
  • That means pitchers can no longer rub the ball and stare into center field, slowing the game to a crawl.
    — Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • In the top of the third, No. 9 hitter Brady Meade singled to center, stole second and took third when the ball went into center field.
    — Martin Henderson, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The previous video board that stood in a tower directly above center field has been removed and a new, enhanced batter’s eye now sits in front of it.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2025

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