Definition of "line drive" []

• Baseball A batted ball hit sharply so that it flies low and fast, usually in a straight line. (noun)

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• "But the pitch lacked the velocity Guidry needed to blow it by Rice, who swung and connected late, but by sheer strength seemed topush a low line drive into center field."
• "Velez hit a line drive single to right, and as Piniella came rounding third, Dwight Evans fired the ball in to Fisk."
• "Then, in Game Six of the 1975 World Series, Fred Lynn almost knocked himself unconscious chasing a Ken Griffey line drive into the center field wall, and Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey turned to scouting director Haywood Sullivan and said, “Those walls must be padded by next season.”"