changeup
noun
change·up
ˈchānj-ˌəp 
: a slow pitch in baseball thrown with the same motion as a fastball in order to deceive the batter
Examples of changeup in a Sentence
The batter struck out on a changeup.
Recent Examples on the Web
He’s got a fastball, he’s got a curveball, he’s got a slider, he’s got a changeup and a cutter.
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Kevin Flaherty, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2024
With a six-pitch mix headed by a 94.4-mph four-seam fastball, 88.5-mph slider, 94.9-mph sinker and 86.8-mph changeup, Stone induced 15 swinging strikes among his 75 pitches, nine of them with the slider.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
Canady is one of college softball’s hardest throwers, routinely touching the mid-70s, but Allister and Kaneshiro, Stanford’s star catcher, praised the changeup as a perfect compliment to the heat.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
Indeed, with none on and two outs in the ninth, Dominic homered to right-center off a changeup.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
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Kevin Flaherty, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2024
With a six-pitch mix headed by a 94.4-mph four-seam fastball, 88.5-mph slider, 94.9-mph sinker and 86.8-mph changeup, Stone induced 15 swinging strikes among his 75 pitches, nine of them with the slider.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
Canady is one of college softball’s hardest throwers, routinely touching the mid-70s, but Allister and Kaneshiro, Stanford’s star catcher, praised the changeup as a perfect compliment to the heat.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
Indeed, with none on and two outs in the ninth, Dominic homered to right-center off a changeup.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
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“Changeup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/changeup. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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