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Definition of relief pitcher
: a baseball pitcher who takes over for another during a game
Examples of relief pitcher in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Bench-clearing brawls at Major League Baseball games, like the one Tuesday night that resulted in the suspensions of Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Joe Kelly and manager Dave Roberts.
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Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY, "In CA: When is a tax increase not a tax increase? And COVID-19 testing failures put Latino communities in harm's way," 30 July 2020 Schmitt was a two-way player in college — a third baseman and relief pitcher — but the Giants initially plan to use Schmitt on the offensive side.
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John Shea, SFChronicle.com, "Giants sign 2nd-rounder Casey Schmitt and two others," 2 July 2020 With the game’s time limit expired, the Mudcats had the tying runs on the basepaths when relief pitcher Leo Requena-Herrera induced a game-ending fielder’s choice to his third baseman.
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Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, "League City Little League Blue Astros take see-saw battle from Mudcats," 29 June 2020 Former Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Rob Dibble shared a message via Twitter with Major League Baseball owners: Please pay the players and start the 2020 MLB season.
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Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, "Rob Dibble to MLB owners: 'Just pay them and start the season'," 15 June 2020 Cabrera also talked to Hess, a former LSU relief pitcher.
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Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, "Paul Mainieri's impact on Detroit Tigers' rebuild is hard to ignore," 13 June 2020 Instead of the usual 26-man rosters, teams should be granted four additional relief pitchers for at least the first two or three weeks of the season.
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Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, "Opinion: Some ideas for Major League Baseball to consider during a shortened season," 17 Mar. 2020 Joe the relief pitcher is about to enter the game to face Fred the hitter, so Joe cues up video of Fred’s last five at-bats against Joe, plus all pertinent data, including Fred’s launch angle and zodiac sign.
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Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, "Baseball and technology? Let’s pull the plug," 27 Feb. 2020 Hunter became the sixth veteran relief pitcher signed by Philadelphia this offseason.
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Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, "Tommy Hunter makes it back for spring training, David Robertson on DL," 13 Feb. 2020
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The first known use of relief pitcher was in 1884
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