relief pitcher
nounDefinition of relief pitcher
: a baseball pitcher who takes over for another during a game
Examples of relief pitcher in a Sentence
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The 23-year-old from Panama could return this month as a relief pitcher. — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, "Red Sox among teams with something to play for in September," 31 Aug. 2019 In the eighth inning of the first game, he was hit by an 87-mile-per-hour slider from the Red Sox relief pitcher Josh Smith. — James Wagner, New York Times, "Yankees Continue to Add to the Red Sox’ Frustrations," 3 Aug. 2019 Steve Horvitz Los Angeles :: Gavin Lux moonlights as a relief pitcher, right? — Los Angeles Times, "Letters: No moves isn’t good news for Dodgers fans," 2 Aug. 2019 Baseball front offices, over the last few seasons, have placed an added emphasis on relief pitchers. — Matt Breen, https://www.inquirer.com, "Phillies stockpile relief pitchers in draft, pick hard-throwing Andrew Schultz out of Tennessee," 5 June 2019 However, their relief pitchers have allowed about twice as many runs as the Arizona relievers. — Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, "Dodgers' Andrew Friedman: 'If we had to assign blame at this point, it should be me who is taking that'," 14 May 2018 Conquistadors starting pitcher Edric Rodriguez threw four innings with one strikeout and one walk, while relief pitcher Nick Romero closed out two innings with two strikeouts and one walk. — Vincent Nguyen, Glendale News-Press, "St. Francis baseball falls to El Camino Real in VIBL playoffs," 15 July 2019 Amari Thompson came in as the relief pitcher and closed out the game as the Braves celebrated the championship. — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, "Braves secure PAL Little League Minor Division title," 20 June 2019 Liebelt is a senior relief pitcher in his second season with Mississippi State after starring at West Aurora and Waubonsee Community College. — Rick Armstrong, Aurora Beacon-News, "Armstrong: West Aurora grad Jared Liebelt doesn't buckle, helps Mississippi State reach College World Series," 11 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'relief pitcher.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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