called strike
noun
: a pitched baseball not struck at by the batter that passes through the strike zone
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Thirty of the 90 sliders and four-seamers deGrom threw were either swung through or called strikes.
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Chandler Rome, New York Times, 16 May 2025
According to the strike zone box on MLB.com, the pitch Johnson called strike two against Tatis in the eighth inning nicked the bottom of the zone.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
Those pitches are not technically strikes, but before this season they had regularly been called strikes.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 1 May 2025
In the team’s four-game series last week at Detroit, for instance, 59% of pitches (69 of 117) in the shadow zone were called strikes against the Royals.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025
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Chandler Rome, New York Times, 16 May 2025
According to the strike zone box on MLB.com, the pitch Johnson called strike two against Tatis in the eighth inning nicked the bottom of the zone.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
Those pitches are not technically strikes, but before this season they had regularly been called strikes.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 1 May 2025
In the team’s four-game series last week at Detroit, for instance, 59% of pitches (69 of 117) in the shadow zone were called strikes against the Royals.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Called strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/called%20strike. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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