How to Use grand slam in a Sentence

grand slam

noun
  • He made a grand slam.
  • And Ober, who went 2 for 5, hit a grand slam in the eighth.
    — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Duarte came in to give up the grand slam to Jose Ramirez.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 13 Apr. 2022
  • In Tempe, Trout hit his first homer of the spring, a grand slam.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2024
  • His grand slam put the Twins ahead, 5-2, with no outs in the sixth inning.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2023
  • David Horn hit a grand slam for the walk-off hit in the ninth inning.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The grand slam narrowed the Taylor North deficit to 5-4.
    — Brett Crossley, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Gaynor smashed a grand slam in the Gators’ win over Hammond.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 6 July 2021
  • Off the bat, Schwindel appeared to hit a two-out, go-ahead grand slam.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2022
  • The ball traveled 381 feet and over the wall in right-center field for a grand slam.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Would the porches and arched windows have been a grand slam?
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2022
  • The 14-year-old freshman at Olathe East hit her first grand slam in the fall.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Adding a third leg of the career grand slam is next on her to-do list.
    — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2021
  • The Bearettes sent 11 batters to the plate and scored five times in the top of the fourth, with Werner’s grand slam the big blow.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2021
  • The walkoff grand slam was just the start to the best stretch of Reyes’s major league career so far.
    — Greg McKenna, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Then 6-4, the clinching game in which Posey hit a grand slam off Mat Latos.
    — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Naya Rosario had a grand slam home run while Lexi Perez added a 3-run homer.
    — Steve Gorches, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Gonzalez’s homer was a grand slam with no outs in the fifth to make it 15-0.
    — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Martinez hit a grand slam to put the Mets ahead of the Halos in the top of the seventh, but the lead was brief.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024
  • His 17th homer of the season was also his third grand slam.
    — Dallas News, 3 June 2022
  • Arielle Williams had a grand slam and a two-run homer and finished with six RBIs.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Bill Skowron hit a grand slam in the seventh off of Roger Craig as the Yankees won, 9-0.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Rafi, not trying to do too much and hitting the grand slam and so on and so on.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Hoskins also hit a grand slam against the Braves on opening day in 2019.
    — Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The left fielder hit a solo homer in the second, a grand slam in the third and a two-run shot in the ninth.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Mullins drove a 1-2 slider out of the park for his second grand slam of the season and the team’s sixth.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Michael Landeros went three for three with a grand slam.
    — Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2021
  • His grand slam in the ninth inning Monday night was the Bronx Bombers’ fourth homer in the 9-3 Game 1 win.
    — Bernie Wilson, SFChronicle.com, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The righty gave up a grand slam to Eugenio Suárez, the third baseman’s sixth homer of the year and fifth against the Cubs.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The other one, though, was last season’s grand slam against the Tampa Bay Rays that vaulted him into the 40/40 club.
    — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2025

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