switch-hit
verb
switch-hit; switch-hitting
: to bat right-handed against a left-handed pitcher and left-handed against a right-handed pitcher in baseball
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Diekman, a left-hander, was brought in to face the switch-hitting Reynolds.
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 July 2024
The switch-hitting shortstop has dealt with a hamstring issue in recent weeks, and is using the combine to meet with individual teams as well as undertake all the medical testing.
—Joe Frisaro, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
Back in the early 1950s, the N.Y. Giants had a switch-hitting third baseman named Henry Thompson, who, like Francisco Lindor now, was in a slump batting left-handed.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2024
Meacham, himself a switch-hitting infielder during his playing days with the Yankees, has a roster full of top prospects, four of the organization’s top six, 11 of its top 30 as rated by MLB pipeline.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2024
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 July 2024
The switch-hitting shortstop has dealt with a hamstring issue in recent weeks, and is using the combine to meet with individual teams as well as undertake all the medical testing.
—Joe Frisaro, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
Back in the early 1950s, the N.Y. Giants had a switch-hitting third baseman named Henry Thompson, who, like Francisco Lindor now, was in a slump batting left-handed.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2024
Meacham, himself a switch-hitting infielder during his playing days with the Yankees, has a roster full of top prospects, four of the organization’s top six, 11 of its top 30 as rated by MLB pipeline.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Switch-hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/switch-hit. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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