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Making his 60th major-league appearance as an outfielder, Brice Matthews made a wonderful read on Vierling’s 328-foot fly ball, used his 82nd-percentile sprint speed to get into the gap and made a sliding catch to preserve Houston’s chance at a fifth consecutive series victory.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
29 June 2026 France’s long fly ball to left field, however, found the seats.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026 Brooks Lee lofted a fly ball just inside the right-field foul pole for a two-run home run in the second.—CBS News,
27 June 2026 Beau, 8, said his favorite drill was facing backward, running to a cone and catching a fly ball.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for fly ball