How to Use relief pitcher in a Sentence

relief pitcher

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  • In the life of a major league relief pitcher, highs and lows are part of the landscape.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • The club would be required to use pinch-hitters the rest of the game or have a relief pitcher bat.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Shohei Ohtani is a Dodger, and the wife of relief pitcher Joe Kelly may be able to take some of the credit.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
  • With the Reds trailing by four runs, relief pitcher Cionel Pérez made a pick-off throw to first.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 18 May 2021
  • In the ninth inning, Hyde opted to pitch McKenna rather than tire the arm of a relief pitcher.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2023
  • The big difference is among the teams’ relief pitchers.
    — Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The award is given to the top relief pitcher in Division I.
    — Francisco Rosa, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2022
  • So why use the final roster spot on a relief pitcher such as Gage?
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 14 Feb. 2023
  • With Kenley Jansen gone to Atlanta, there’s no doubt about who the Dodgers’ best relief pitcher is.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022
  • For the third time in four seasons, Josh Hader has been named the best relief pitcher in the National League.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2021
  • In addition, the Dodgers got the Phillies’ hard-throwing relief pitcher Turk Farrell in the deal.
    — New York Times, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Mets relief pitcher Jorge López threw a temper tantrum during a blowout loss to the Dodgers on Wednesday.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
  • First, Monfort has to open his checkbook to get some starting and relief pitchers who know where the corners of the strike zone are.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Misiewicz, a relief pitcher, has been optioned to Triple-A Toledo.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2023
  • No Reds relief pitcher has moved up the bullpen depth chart more rapidly than Kuhnel.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 19 June 2022
  • In a tie game in the sixth inning, Reds left-handed relief pitcher Sean Doolittle was on the mound with a runner on first base.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2021
  • But most teams, including the best ones, still generally use their best relief pitcher most of the time at the end of a game.
    — Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Jeff Hoffman is in his first full season as a relief pitcher.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 13 May 2022
  • In the Reds nine-man bullpen, Hendrix is the only reliever the Reds drafted as a relief pitcher.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 6 May 2021
  • The award honors the top relief pitcher in college baseball.
    — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Moore spent last season with the Rangers, the team that transitioned him into a full-time relief pitcher.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Leading the charge at bat for the Cougars was shortstop and relief pitcher, Sean Giffen.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2022
  • The pregame plan was for Wilkins to be DeSales’ first relief pitcher of the game, but Sievert ultimately scrapped that.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 28 May 2022
  • With a runner on third and two outs, Pittsburg hit a ground ball that landed in front of relief pitcher Jason Stevens.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
  • There’s something to be said for a relief pitcher emerging from behind a fence and making that stroll from the outfield.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • There are times, as there was Friday, when one team went in with two available relief pitchers in their entire bullpen.
    — Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2023
  • Davis got $52 million, which at the time was highest per-year salary in history for a relief pitcher.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The Tigers, though, could dump one relief pitcher and one position player.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2022
  • Like a ninth-inning relief pitcher with a one-run lead and a runner on base, the closeout was everything.
    — Jennifer Lee, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • While fans welcomed the news Saturday of a trade that brings relief pitcher Hunter Harvey to the Royals, the team had to make a move to open a spot for him on its 40-man roster.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2024

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