1
: one that sweeps
2
: a lone back in soccer who plays between the line of the defenders and the goal
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Phillips mixed in five pitches during the outing — 17 sinkers, 14 splitters, 12 sweepers, nine curveballs and seven four-seam fastballs — and generated 10 swings and misses.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 May 2026
The Red Sox leadoff man was called out looking at Rogers’ sixth pitch, a high sweeper.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026
Acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays for cash May 6, Gómez is also throwing his sweeper 29 percent of the time in Minnesota.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Mets starter Nolan McLean (2-3) threw a first-pitch sweeper to Wood, who lofted it to deep left.
—CBS News, 19 May 2026
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 May 2026
The Red Sox leadoff man was called out looking at Rogers’ sixth pitch, a high sweeper.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026
Acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays for cash May 6, Gómez is also throwing his sweeper 29 percent of the time in Minnesota.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Mets starter Nolan McLean (2-3) threw a first-pitch sweeper to Wood, who lofted it to deep left.
—CBS News, 19 May 2026
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“Sweeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweeper. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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