Synonyms for breaking ball
break·ing ball

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1. curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bendernoun

   a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

   Synonyms:
   booze-up, toot, bender, carousal, carouse, curvature, bend, curve ball, curved shape, curve

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1. Andrew Kitteredge:

   I was trying to throw a slider down and away and it wasn't down or away, it was a bad hanging breaking ball and he took advantage.

2. Chris Sale:

   Those are the one's you don't lose sleep over, honestly, that's not a home-run pitch. He's not suppose to hit that ball out. That was me verus him and he won. Not too many guys can get to that. It's not like I hung a breaking ball or threw right it now the middle, he earned it. Vázquez tied it at 2 on his seventh-inning homer off Collin McHugh, who has allowed just two earned runs in his last 38 2/3 innings, Alex Verdugos tripled when the ball got past a diving Manuel Margot in center in the second and scored on Vázquez’s single. Vázquez made a nice scoop on Devers' thrown and tagged out Joey Wendle as he tried to score on Randy Arozarena's seventh-inning grounder. Cash called it a.

3. Andrew Kittredge:

   Hung a breaking ball and unfortunately, made me pay for it.

4. Francisco Liriano:

   I was able to locate my fastball better and throwing my breaking ball for strike two helped, they have a pretty good lineup. Just went out and tried to execute pitches. Changeup was working pretty good.