How to Use left-hander in a Sentence

left-hander

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• Still, the best years were yet to come, both for the team and for its star left-hander.
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• That should get through to the guys who’ve been struggling against left-handers.
  — Jon Marks, Miami Herald, 30 June 2024
• The left-hander scattered seven hits and struck out four in five innings.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2025
• Ray’s outing was the best that the veteran left-hander has looked in quite some time.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
• Young, the 29-year-old left-hander, doesn’t pitch anything like Sims.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 27 Apr. 2023
• The left-hander was backed up by a defense that played one of its crisper games in recent memory.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
• The Phillies will send left-hander Christopher Sanchez to the mound.
  — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
• Ohtani singled in the sixth and grounded out against left-hander Tim Mayza in the eighth.
  — Ian Harrison, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
• The question with Sanchez is whether the Marlins will give him more at-bats against left-handers.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
• The rookie left-hander allowed four earned runs on six hits, including two home runs, walked one and struck out six.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
• Twice the veteran left-hander squandered it in the bottom half of the inning.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2023
• The left-hander flashed glimpses of his Cy Young form but made just seven starts due to a left hamstring strain.
  — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
• The Mariners left-hander has been nearly unhittable.
  — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 11 May 2026
• Natera, a rookie left-hander, had five strikeouts in two perfect innings for his first career win.
  — ABC News, 8 July 2026
• Perdomo, a rookie left-hander, gave up two runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings.
  — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
• The 6-foot-5 junior left-hander from Clovis has emerged both on the mound and at the plate for the Aztecs.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
• Meanwhile, left-hander Jordan Montgomery has been named the starter for the Rangers.
  — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
• The left-hander needed 29 pitches to get through the first inning but only 55 in the next four.
  — David O'Brien, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
• The sophomore left-hander struck out Stewart and pitched a ball that Vrazel caught in center field to end the inning.
  — Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
• The Yankees improved to 13-17 in games started by left-handers this year.
  — Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024
• On April 14, the 26-year-old left-hander entered a game against the Mets and faced eight batters.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 2023
• The sophomore left-hander threw 41 pitches in the first inning as almost anything that could go wrong for the Longhorns did.
  — ABC News, 13 June 2026
• The rookie left-hander pitched five scoreless innings to start his night but was pulled after allowing three straight singles in the bottom of the sixth.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
• Rookie left-hander Connelly Early has the ball.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
• The rookie left-hander had lost his previous two starts, giving up 11 runs in 9 1/3 innings.
  — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
• The veteran left-hander held the Phillies to two runs across six innings while striking out seven on 103 pitches.
  — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
• That was more than enough for rookie left-hander Connelly Early, who allowed just a solo home run over six strong innings.
  — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
• One of those pitchers has been a former Chicago Cubs left-hander whose stint in Chicago lasted only one game.
  — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
• The Chicago Cubs’ left-hander had Tommy John surgery in 2017.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
• Cease got Profar on a groundout before Shildt came out of the dugout and called left-hander Adrián Morejón in from the bullpen.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025