How to Use home plate in a Sentence

home plate

noun
Definition of home platenext
  • Turner advanced to third, saw home plate vacant and made a dash for it.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
  • And Harvey popped out of the ground near home plate to deliver fresh baseballs to the umpire.
    — Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Stovall also chugged around and slid head first into home and was called safe by home plate umpire Chris Coskey.
    — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The Death Cab for Cutie frontman stood just in front of home plate to sing the national anthem.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Access to the lounge is available for ticket holders in the Wintrust Scout Seats behind home plate.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Down below, the full choreography of the game is on display, offering a panoramic view shunned by the movie stars and moguls who fill the sections behind home plate.
    — Tim Arango Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Votto crossed home plate after hitting a home run at Wrigley Field, turned his back to the crowd, raised his arms and pointed both of his thumbs toward the name on the back of his jersey.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Last month, an L.A. Dodgers game was postponed after a swarm landed behind home plate, prompting the evacuation of fans.
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
  • One inning earlier, Heim was involved at a controversial play at home plate that gave the Cubs a temporary 3-2 lead.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Back then, the park may have merely consisted of first-, second- and third-base diamonds, a home plate and a pitcher’s mound set in a large patch of grass, McKee surmised.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2024
  • As he was swarmed by teammates by the UF dugout, home plate umpire Brian Miller ejected him for excessive celebration because of the bat flip.
    — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The benches and bullpens cleared, and the teams pushed and shoved near home plate.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Jonathan Schoop, the game-winning run, touched home plate and tossed his arms in the air.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2022
  • Despite the hit, Phillips, a freshman, got up and stepped on home plate.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022
  • After he was knocked down by the pitcher, the baserunner got up and jogged to touch the home plate.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Screech was located just in front of the home plate to receive the pitch.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 6 June 2023
  • There was one problem with De La Cruz’s throw to home plate.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
  • Arte should be carving statues of those two for the home plate plaza.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
  • Brady Ebel reached base when a pop fly in front of home plate dropped for a single.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • Blake Snell ran around the infield with a plastic goose and dropped it near home plate.
    — Bernie Wilson, ajc, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Maile was standing with his left foot on the far right corner of home plate.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
  • The ball caromed off the backstop and back between the home plate umpire’s legs.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Then home plate umpire Edwin Jimenez waved his hands in the air.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022
  • But home plate umpire David Rackley did not give him the call.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 24 May 2022
  • But home plate umpire Mark Carlson called the pitch ball four.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • On a 2-and-2 count, Chavez threw a strike that home plate umpire Brian O’Nora called a ball.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Then Pham skipped across home plate and pounded his chest.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 6 July 2022
  • Logan Moran went 3-for-4 with 1 run scored while Ethan Beal crossed home plate twice.
    — Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2022
  • The Cleveland Guardians first baseman softly tapped Irvin’s changeup straight into the ground, a mere 24 inches past home plate.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
  • The throw from right field arrived at home plate at the same time as the Braves’ third baseman, and home plate umpire Ryan Additon initially ruled him safe.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024

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