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But with one out and the bases loaded, Webb used a 91 mph sinker on a 2-2 count to get A’s outfielder Tyler Soderstrom to ground into a 4-6-3 double play and end the threat.—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 6 July 2025 The average big league sinker, meanwhile, is 94 mph.—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025 When Soriano opened the game with a 96.6-mph sinker for a strike to CJ Abrams, the staff set a club record by using just five starters through the first half of the schedule for the first time ever.—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 27 June 2025 Tempers flared in the third when Brown hit Angels shortstop Zach Neto in the elbow with a 95-mph sinker.—Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for sinker
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