: a baseball pitcher who takes over for another during a game
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As of last night, Josh Hader is one of five active relief pitchers to reach 800 career strikeouts.#BuiltForThis x @budweiserusa pic.twitter.com/BlZBwvglgC
— Houston Astros (@astros) June 15, 2025
Hader is a huge reason that the Astros bullpen ranks sixth in MLB with a 3.56 ERA this season.—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025 Helsley, Rogers, and Soto are all relief pitchers, while Mullins is a center-fielder who once had a 30/30 season.—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025 The 28-year-old relief pitcher entered a game that appeared hopelessly lost.—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 10 Aug. 2025 Then their new relief pitcher allowed a mammoth game-tying home run on a blazing fastball.—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for relief pitcher
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