How to Use slugger in a Sentence

slugger

noun
  • The Nationals slugger drew an 11-pitch walk in the top of the first.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Maybe that will be the swing that gets the Dodgers slugger out of a three-week slump, or maybe not.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2024
  • With the score tied between the Cubs and Yankees, the slugger failed to hit the ball not once but twice.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 May 2024
  • The Padres slugger already has four home runs in 27 at-bats against Urías.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The junior slugger also has 54 RBIs, sixth-most in the state.
    — Indystar Staff Reports, The Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2021
  • Here’s a look back at some of the top moments from the slugger’s decade as an Oriole.
    — Dan Gelston, baltimoresun.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The union of this slugger and this franchise makes too much sense to sever.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Chicago Cubs heckling a slugger who was down in the count.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The All-Star slugger picked himself up and walked off the field, blood dripping from a cut on the side of his nose.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The New York Yankees slugger is running out of time to hit his 62nd homer.
    — Stephen Hawkins, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The All-Star slugger picked himself up and walked off the field, blood dripping from a cut near the side of his nose.
    — Warren Mayes, Star Tribune, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The Twins appear close to getting one of their sluggers back.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 22 July 2024
  • The Sox see more than a platoon slugger prone to strikeouts.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2021
  • In the second game of the day, against Houston, the Hawaiian slugger was hit by a pitch in her first at bat.
    — Ryan Aber, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Make that two, with the Phillies signing slugger Kyle Schwarber to a four-year deal.
    — USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2022
  • But as the Yankees get used to a world without the 26-year-old slugger, Alonso is a good place to start.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • New York slugger Luke Voit went 0 for 3 in his first game this season.
    — courant.com, 11 May 2021
  • The lefty slugger figures to collect big bucks this time next year.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • In baseball, star sluggers come to the plate every inning and a half or so.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • There are 26 Hall of Fame first basemen, and sluggers are more common at that spot.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 21 July 2023
  • In the bottom of the eighth inning, Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez launched a home run to cut the Rangers’ lead to 5-4.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The All-Star slugger is also well aware that he could be traded in the next two weeks by the team that drafted him.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2021
  • Joining the Guardians’ 40-man roster puts the young slugger on the fast track to a Cleveland debut some time in the next year or two.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Will young slugger Andrew Vaughn break camp with the club, service time be damned?
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The slugger also had three hits and a three-run homer Friday night to help New York win the opening game of the series.
    — Kyle Hightower, courant.com, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Know this: No front office in its right mind is going to trade for a slugger whose body gave up the ghost 24 months ago.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
  • Dubon’s throw reached the plate well before the slugger got there after Stanton glanced at the toss halfway down the third base line.
    — Larry Fleisher, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Colome worked out of a two-on jam in the ninth by getting a fly from former Twins slugger Nelson Cruz.
    — Mark Didtler, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2021
  • To manager Aaron Boone, Cortes had a better chance to execute the high, inside fastballs that could tie those sluggers up.
    — Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • In his final print interview before his death in 2020, the former White Sox slugger lauded fans for treating him with so much respect.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025

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