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The bread and butter of his six-pitch arsenal remains the fastball and splitter.—Katie Woo, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026 Eovaldi’s splitter was in prime form.—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026 Jackson Merrill then beat a 3-1 splitter on the outer edge of the plate into the ground toward shortstop to end the inning with a 6-4-3 double play.—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026 That effort started with Tyler Mahle, who worked around four walks to pitch 5 2/3 scoreless innings with six strikeouts (five coming with his splitter).—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for splitter