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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The Dodgers loaded the bases again in the eighth but came up empty when Muncy chased a splitter out of the strike zone on the ninth-pitch of his at-bat against reliever Didier Fuentes. — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 2026 But this year, on splitters at the bottom of the strike zone and below, the right-hander has seen his whiff percentage drop nearly 12 percentage points. — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 On Wednesday, Aaron Boone acknowledged that Ramos may be pressing a little bit, but the manager mentioned that the corner outfielder hasn’t been chasing pitches out of the strike zone. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 Nathaniel Lowe led off the bottom of the second by sending a sinker in the heart of the strike zone the other way and over the 19-foot wall in left field to put the Guardians up 1-0. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the strike zone

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“The strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20strike%20zone. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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