How to Use home plate in a Sentence

home plate

noun
Definition of home platenext
  • The runner was tagged out at home plate.
  • The home plate umpire expands the strike zone a bit for Japan’s best pitchers.
    — Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Suddenly, the Braves were pounding on home plate’s door.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2021
  • About two dozen bays are set up from home plate to the right-field foul pole, with netting over the seats below to catch stray dinks.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2021
  • After popping up from a slide into home plate, Trevino winced.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
  • The tipster said Ruffo was sitting a few rows up behind home plate and wearing a blue shirt.
    — Fox News, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Manager Gabe Kapler posted a photo to his social media of a pregame handshake with Young near home plate.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Flores checked his swing, but home plate umpire Doug Eddings pointed to Morales, who presented the Dodgers with a gift.
    — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Arriving early, the students watched the Orioles warm up from behind home plate and went home with tales about America’s favorite pastime played at a huge ballpark.
    — Mary Ann Ashcraft, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Then, during the game, the company’s sensor in the stands behind home plate uses Doppler technology to determine where the ball is thrown, and where it should have been thrown based on the player’s strike zone.
    — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Steve Young, standing near home plate wearing a San Francisco Giants jersey and holding a microphone, started it.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2021
  • 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 man who applied the tag was Maile, who sprinted from home plate to cover third.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 18 June 2022
  • From their seats behind home plate, Kenny and Paula watched James swing through a 1-0 slider out of the strike zone.
    — Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 8 July 2024

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