Below you will find example sentences with "home run". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Home Run in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: home
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 12
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 33.2 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 15 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "home run" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 33.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as two run home run in the, a home run hit with, inning, two and game stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with funeral home, nursing home, smart home and home runs, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with home run
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RF Jase Bowen (.274) stayed hot with a two-run home run and a two-run double. (17 words)
Kevin Skagerlind followed with a three-run home run deep to center field for a one run game. (18 words)
Bogaerts hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in a four-run third that included Chavis’ ninth home run this season, a two-run drive. (24 words)
While Sacred Heart jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the top of the first inning, Milroy’s Matt Bauer blasted a three-run home run in the bottom half while the Yankees didn’t give up a run the rest of the way en route to a Corn Belt League home win. (54 words)
Among her six hits were a double and three home runs, with her second home run of the weekend tying Game 2 versus Belmont 3-3, in the fifth inning – after being down 3-0 – while her sixth-inning home run versus the Bruins put the Govs ahead for good, 5-3. (52 words)
The next run scored on a 3-2 sacrifice fly to left field on a hanging slider that could have been a three-run home run if the wind wasn’t blowing in from that direction early in the game. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Lead-off home run A lead-off home run is a home run hit by the first batter of a team, the leadoff hitter of the first inning of the game.
Bogaerts hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in a four-run third that included Chavis’ ninth home run this season, a two-run drive.
The Chanticleers got one run back in the top of the sixth on a solo home run with two outs from Barthol, his third home run of the season, to cut the deficit to one at 5-4.
While Sacred Heart jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the top of the first inning, Milroy’s Matt Bauer blasted a three-run home run in the bottom half while the Yankees didn’t give up a run the rest of the way en route to a Corn Belt League home win.
They would get to come home to face the Tigers on April 4th; a game that saw Jake Arrieta go six innings while allowing only one run and Brian Roberts hitting a three run home run.
A home run hit with the bases empty is seldom called a "one-run homer", but rather a solo home run, solo homer, or "solo shot".
Although the home run by light-hitting shortstop Bucky Dent in the seventh inning got the most notice, it was an eighth-inning home run by Jackson that gave the Yankees the fifth run they ended up needing.
When I got home, I continued to boast about my home run, until all the kids, with equal parts amusement and sarcasm, explained to me what a home run really was.
Among her six hits were a double and three home runs, with her second home run of the weekend tying Game 2 versus Belmont 3-3, in the fifth inning – after being down 3-0 – while her sixth-inning home run versus the Bruins put the Govs ahead for good, 5-3.
An eight-run first inning that featured a three-run home run by Adam Magpoc over the screen in right field in Encino led the Cubs to the Mission League win.
But UT Martin (9-21) would not go away and regained the lead in the eighth inning courtesy of designated hitter Jack Culumovic’s three-run home run to cap a four-run frame.
RF Jase Bowen (.274) stayed hot with a two-run home run and a two-run double.
They picked up eight hits, including a two-run home run from Zoey Burns in the top of the seventh inning to give Greenville a three run cushion.
Eaglecrest saw an early four-run lead erased, then went ahead again in the fifth on a solo home run from junior Briahna Gallegos and run-scoring infield hit from junior Zaya Elliott.
Kevin Skagerlind followed with a three-run home run deep to center field for a one run game.
The Dodgers scored the game’s first run in the 5th, but Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton quieted the LA crowd with a massive two-run home run in the 6th inning to put New York ahead 2-1.
The next run scored on a 3-2 sacrifice fly to left field on a hanging slider that could have been a three-run home run if the wind wasn’t blowing in from that direction early in the game.
With two outs, Vernars singled and then Gonzalez ended the game on the 10-run rule with a two-run home run to left — his first long ball of the season.
He got all the run support he needed courtesy of the long ball, with Ian Happ launching a two-run home run in the third inning and Anthony Rizzo a solo shot in the eighth.
The Billikens added four more runs thanks to an RBI single and a three run home run from freshman infielder Kristi Stevenson to cap off their nine-run inning.