changeup

noun

change·up ˈchānj-ˌəp

: a slow pitch in baseball thrown with the same motion as a fastball in order to deceive the batter

Examples of changeup in a Sentence

The batter struck out on a changeup.

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The cleanup hitter Sunday with Freeman out of the lineup, Edman delivered again in the third, getting four-straight changeups from Mets starter Sean Manaea before pounding an elevated fastball to left for a two-run blast. —

Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024 Flaherty also uses an occasional changeup, a slider, and a curveball. —

Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 The changeup is upfront — or pretty close to it — about its key development that Almut (a radiant Florence Pugh) along with her lover Tobias (a heart-melting Andrew Garfield) and their cute-as-a-button daughter will be confronting a fatal illness. —

Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024 Even in 2021, the Atlanta Braves went heavy on changeups in their NL Championship Series triumph over the then-defending champion Dodgers. —

Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for changeup