Get to know Interleague better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Interleague in a sentence
Interleague meaning
Between leagues; often specifically between the two major leagues of American baseball.
Using Interleague
- The main meaning on this page is: Between leagues; often specifically between the two major leagues of American baseball.
- In the example corpus, interleague often appears in combinations such as: interleague play, interleague series, an interleague.
Context around Interleague
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Interleague
- In this selection, "interleague" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, game, baystars, designated, series, games and play stand out and add context to how "interleague" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include two game interleague series and a weekend interleague series against. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "interleague" sits close to words such as abenaki, abstracted and addendum, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with interleague
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
LHP Dereck Rodriguez (3-2) pitches for San Francisco in his second interleague start. (14 words)
The win was the Red Sox’s second straight in the three-game interleague series. (15 words)
Teenagers Ky Williams and Brad Frater have both been selected in the under-19s interleague squads. (16 words)
Even after the offseason trades that sent former MVP Andrew McCutchen to San Francisco and ace right-hander Gerrit Cole to Houston, Lynn is expecting a battle in the two-game interleague series. (33 words)
But with interleague play basically happening throughout the entire baseball season now, it’s torpedoed the novelty of, say, seeing Mike Trout go up against Jacob DeGrom in the All-Star Game. (32 words)
Manny Machado had a sacrifice fly, Dylan Bundy was stellar over seven scoreless innings and the major league-worst Baltimore Orioles beat the Mets to sweep a two-game interleague series. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
The BayStars’ interleague win at Yokohama Stadium kept them tied atop the interleague standings and 3½-games behind the league-leading Hanshin Tigers in the CL pennant race.
Plus, each team will play 46 interleague games, which includes a four-game home-and-home series against their designated interleague rival.
Interleague and event coordinator Natalie Potter is excited to bring roller derby back to Wollongong for a great cause.
Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Anthony Bass speaks to gives a statement to media ahead of interleague baseball action against the Milwaukee Brewers in Toronto on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.
Phillies: RH Taijuan Walker (3-4, 5.69 ERA) is set to pitch Friday when Philadelphia heads to Kansas City to begin an interleague series between playoff contenders.
Teenagers Ky Williams and Brad Frater have both been selected in the under-19s interleague squads.
The A’s and Giants never played before those days, until Interleague games started in 1997, and Major League Baseball curated these regional rivalries that had not before existed.
Seaver’s death was announced, in fact, hours after the Mets beat the Orioles in an interleague game.
While with the BayStars in 2011 — when the PL was already dominating interleague — he said he thought part of the difference was PL teams just expected to win.
But with interleague play basically happening throughout the entire baseball season now, it’s torpedoed the novelty of, say, seeing Mike Trout go up against Jacob DeGrom in the All-Star Game.
In the inaugural edition of the interleague competition between MLS and Liga MX clubs, Cruz Azul triumphed in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
LHP Dereck Rodriguez (3-2) pitches for San Francisco in his second interleague start.
Looking to snap an eight-game losing streak, the Pittsburgh Pirates open an interleague series at Texas.
The Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers played the only interleague series of the weekend and featured the return of Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish back to the starting rotation.
The win was the Red Sox’s second straight in the three-game interleague series.
Andrew Heaney (0-0, 5.40 ERA) makes his second start of the season when Los Angeles opens a weekend interleague series against San Francisco.
Even after the offseason trades that sent former MVP Andrew McCutchen to San Francisco and ace right-hander Gerrit Cole to Houston, Lynn is expecting a battle in the two-game interleague series.
He was limited to two at-bats in the Angels’ previous four games because of his latest pitching start and two interleague games in Colorado.
In 1941, there were only 8 teams in the American League, and there was no interleague play.
Manny Machado had a sacrifice fly, Dylan Bundy was stellar over seven scoreless innings and the major league-worst Baltimore Orioles beat the Mets to sweep a two-game interleague series.
Common combinations with interleague
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- interleague play 13×
- interleague series 9×
- an interleague 5×
- interleague games 4×
- in interleague 4×
- the interleague 3×
- interleague game 3×
- three-game interleague 3×
- of interleague 2×
- until interleague 2×