: a baseball pitcher who takes over for another during a game
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Judge, 32, marked his 1,000th game by hitting his sixth home run of the season in the seventh inning off relief pitcher Tim Mayza to make the score 9-1.—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025 The New York Mets signed a hard-throwing relief pitcher to a two-year minor league contract, Robert Murray of FanSided reported Thursday on Twitter/X.—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025 But at some definable point in each game, the data came to reveal, a relief pitcher becomes a more effective option than the starter, even if that starter is Sandy Koufax or Tom Seaver — or Paul Skenes.—Bruce Schoenfeld Robert Fass Tanya Pérez Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025 Kendall Long, wife of relief pitcher Sam Long, is back in town, too.—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for relief pitcher
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