How to Use infield in a Sentence

infield

noun
  • The team has one of the best infields in the league.
  • He threw the ball across the infield.
  • The fourth one is the one that hit the ball in the air in the infield and the game is over.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 27 July 2021
  • Winker hit a slow roller to the right side of the infield.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 10 June 2021
  • The grounds crew had the rare chance to roll out the tarp and cover the infield.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The throw into the infield gets away and Slavens comes in to score.
    — Seth Campbell, Arkansas Online, 12 May 2021
  • It’s the most certainty the Rangers have had to the infield in a decade.
    — Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Muncy made a good throw home from the middle of the infield.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2022
  • The Padres’ intense new pitcher stalked around the mound and the infield grass and to and from the dugout.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Eagles make three good plays in the infield in the fourth and still lead 4-1.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 18 May 2022
  • That changed in the bottom of the fifth when Seth Brown sent a high pop-up to the left side of the infield.
    — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2022
  • Then Gimenez singled through the left side of the infield for the third and fourth runs of the inning.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The Giants rarely even hit the ball out of the infield against Gallen, who took the mound for the sixth with a 3-0 lead.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • That includes needs in the bullpen and elsewhere in the infield.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
  • Sim played both corners in the infield for the Toreros as well as the outfield.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Second and third, one out, can't get the ball out of the infield, and then didn't get the two-out hit.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2023
  • For the second straight day, the next three batters failed to get a ball out of the infield.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The Reds could put their infield in and sell out on getting the out at home.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 9 July 2022
  • For most of the year, the Red Sox infield has been the most porous in baseball.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • He was mobbed by teammates in the middle of the infield.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Churchill Downs gets it, too, and for 2022, has opened the infield for Thurby for the first time.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Before the ball could leave the infield, Basha had its first run.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The absence of Adames left the Brewers a bit thin in their infield.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Zubia drilled a grounder through the left side of the infield to score two more runs and push Texas’ lead to 9-0.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 9 May 2021
  • On the third pitch, with the Dodgers infield still playing in, Guillorme swung.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
  • The senior has stood out in the infield, helping lead the Gauchos to a 9-5 start.
    — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Tyler O’Neill hit a first-pitch single through the left side of the infield with two outs in the first inning.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Reed retired the inning when Aiden Meredith popped up in the infield to keep the score the same.
    — Dominique Yates, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2021
  • Two unearned runs on balls that didn't leave the infield.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 29 May 2021
  • Sasse kept the heart of Avon’s order from sending the baseball out of the infield.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 26 May 2022

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