the business owners brought in a pinch hitter until a permanent manager could be hired
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Vesia still wobbled from there, giving up a single to pinch hitter Harrison Bader and getting a groundout before Roberts emerged again to get Roki Sasaki in for the final outs.—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 The club went silently in the bottom of the ninth, with pinch hitters Carlos Narvaez, Rob Refsnyder and Nick Sogard going down 1-2-3.—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025 The Twins’ eighth-inning rally fell short when pinch hitter Carson McCusker — in for Mickey Gasper, who had hit a home run in his previous at-bat — grounded out to short.—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025 Pinch runner Tyler Tolbert replaced Caglianone and Nick Loftin came to the plate as a pinch hitter.—Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pinch hitter
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