switch-hit
verb
switch-hit; switch-hitting
: to bat right-handed against a left-handed pitcher and left-handed against a right-handed pitcher in baseball
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The switch-hitting demon is always a great card in DD, and this one should be no exception.
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
The switch-hitting Domínguez struck a solo home run off of right-handed A’s starter Osvaldo Bido in the third inning; a solo shot against left-hander Hogan Harris in the seventh; and a grand slam off of right-hander Elvis Alvarado in the eighth.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
Over 33 games, the switch-hitting Bailey has a slash line of .194/.234/.276 with no home runs.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
That brought Santander up as the tying run, and the switch-hitting slugger struck for a three-run home run to tie the game.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 May 2025
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
The switch-hitting Domínguez struck a solo home run off of right-handed A’s starter Osvaldo Bido in the third inning; a solo shot against left-hander Hogan Harris in the seventh; and a grand slam off of right-hander Elvis Alvarado in the eighth.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
Over 33 games, the switch-hitting Bailey has a slash line of .194/.234/.276 with no home runs.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
That brought Santander up as the tying run, and the switch-hitting slugger struck for a three-run home run to tie the game.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 May 2025
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“Switch-hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/switch-hit. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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