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Castillo needed 30 pitches to get out of the inning, but limited the damage by retiring Buxton on a pop fly, leaving the bases loaded.—CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026 Cody Bellinger hit a pop fly to shallow left field that fell between Maikel Garcia and Isaac Collins.—Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026 Wallner and second baseman Luke Keaschall had a scary collision in the eighth inning on a pop fly to right by Salvador Perez that Keaschall caught.—David Brown, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2026 With runners on the corners in the bottom of the first, there was miscommunication between the Chaminade shortstop, left fielder and center fielder that allowed a pop fly to drop in between the three.—Tony Gleason, Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pop fly