1
: one that sweeps
2
: a lone back in soccer who plays between the line of the defenders and the goal
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Will Warren goes to a NASTY sweeper to get the strikeout and get out of a jam unscathed!
24.3 inches of Horizontal Break!
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2024
Saturday: Phillips gives up a two-run homer to Tyler O’Neill on an 83-mph sweeper that gives Boston a 6-4 lead in the top of the 10th.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
The Colorado shortstop jumped on a first-pitch sweeper that Webb left over the heart of the plate and launched a two-run home run — his third in as many games — that negated the RBI double from Tyler Fitzgerald that tied the score in the top half of the inning.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 20 July 2024
Not once did the closer throw his slider or sweeper, pitches that have whiff rates over 40% and put away percentages over 20%.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 July 2024
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2024
Saturday: Phillips gives up a two-run homer to Tyler O’Neill on an 83-mph sweeper that gives Boston a 6-4 lead in the top of the 10th.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
The Colorado shortstop jumped on a first-pitch sweeper that Webb left over the heart of the plate and launched a two-run home run — his third in as many games — that negated the RBI double from Tyler Fitzgerald that tied the score in the top half of the inning.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 20 July 2024
Not once did the closer throw his slider or sweeper, pitches that have whiff rates over 40% and put away percentages over 20%.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 July 2024
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“Sweeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweeper. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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