Below you will find example sentences with "home runs". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Home Runs in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: home
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 30.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "home runs" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 30.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 1 2 home runs per game, 1 3 home runs per game, four, season and hit stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with funeral home, nursing home, smart home and home run, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with home runs
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
They’re kind of old-time, they score runs without hitting home runs. (13 words)
Arrellano capped off her senior season with four home runs and 29 runs batted in. (15 words)
Christian Walker leads Arizona in home runs with 10 and runs batted in with 32. (15 words)
Since Jackson had hit a home run off Dodger pitcher Don Sutton in his last at bat in Game Five, his three home runs in Game Six meant that he had hit four home runs on four consecutive swings of the bat against as many Dodgers pitchers. (47 words)
And despite striking out 20 times in the Friday loss to the Tigers, the bats came through with eight runs per game and nine total home runs as left fielder Porter Brown and infielder Jack O’Dowd showed signs of breaking out of their early-season slumps. (47 words)
Drew Smyly, who was demoted to the bullpen but returned to the rotation due to Marcus Stroman’s mysterious right rib cartilage tear, got the start Tuesday and lasted just 3 2/3 innings, allowing 7 runs on 8 hits, including two home runs. (44 words)
Example sentences (20)
The young righty started off the season setting a dubious MLB record allowing four home runs before recording an out, allowing seven earned runs on five hits and the four home runs without recording an out.
Jaxon Kufta shows off a winning smile after collecting the Montclair Recreation Little League Home Run Derby title in the major division at Glenfield Park on June 21. Kufta smacked 40 home runs, just getting by Antonio Fioretti who crushed 37 home runs.
Since Jackson had hit a home run off Dodger pitcher Don Sutton in his last at bat in Game Five, his three home runs in Game Six meant that he had hit four home runs on four consecutive swings of the bat against as many Dodgers pitchers.
Specific situation home runs These types of home runs are characterized by the specific game situation in which they occur, and can theoretically occur on either an outside-the-park or inside-the-park home run.
He's hit eight home runs this season, which ties the number of home runs hit by all Mets catchers last season.
The Astros average 1.2 home runs per game to rank 10th in MLB action with 120 total home runs.
The Braves average 1.3 home runs per game to rank fourth in MLB play with 181 total home runs.
Betts is 7 for 11 with five home runs against Duffy (3-3), including six hits, five home runs and a walk in his last seven plate appearances.
Thanks to this weekend’s incredible power surge, the Twins have already hit 49 home runs this season and are on pace to hit an astounding 318 home runs.
Tanaka’s outing reversed what the Yankees had seen as a promising trend: Since allowing three home runs in a win against the Orioles on June 2, Tanaka had surrendered just four home runs in his next six starts.
Ydens had zero home runs before the Stanford series, but since moving into the one-hole, he has had five home runs, including two against Oregon on Saturday.
He quickly grabbed media attention in 1987 as a rookie with the Athletics by hitting 33 home runs before the All-Star break, and would lead the major leagues in home runs that year with 49, setting the single-season rookie record.
The home runs kept coming; Ruth tied his own record of 29 on July 15, and broke it with home runs in both games of a doubleheader four days later.
Arrellano capped off her senior season with four home runs and 29 runs batted in.
Drew Smyly, who was demoted to the bullpen but returned to the rotation due to Marcus Stroman’s mysterious right rib cartilage tear, got the start Tuesday and lasted just 3 2/3 innings, allowing 7 runs on 8 hits, including two home runs.
They’re kind of old-time, they score runs without hitting home runs.
Thompson – who spent part of his spring playing for Great Britain in the World Baseball Classic – drove in eight runs with three home runs as the Dodgers hammered the Arizona Diamondbacks, 10-1.
Though the Jackrabbits had four players pitch, the unit gave up 12 hits and 12 earned runs along with three home runs.
And despite striking out 20 times in the Friday loss to the Tigers, the bats came through with eight runs per game and nine total home runs as left fielder Porter Brown and infielder Jack O’Dowd showed signs of breaking out of their early-season slumps.
Christian Walker leads Arizona in home runs with 10 and runs batted in with 32.