How to Use lefty in a Sentence

lefty

noun

• Our starting pitcher is a lefty.
• Judge is 2 for 4 with no homers against the crafty lefty.
  — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
• The 6-foot-4 lefty is already throwing in the low-to-mid 90s.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 10 July 2022
• The lithe lefty is a stand-up guy, credit him for that.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022
• Moore first met Prager when the young lefty was still in sixth grade.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2021
• Hall, a lefty, worked out of Blaine Hardy’s jam in the ninth inning.
  — Chris Nelsen, Detroit Free Press, 6 Aug. 2019
• The sweet-swinging lefty is in line to be among the first picks in this year’s MLB draft.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 21 Apr. 2023
• There, the lefty is … well, very efficient around the rim.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2022
• Good news for the Tigers: No team has hit worse against lefties than the Guardians.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023
• With a lefty on the mound, Nick Senzel would be a lock to be in the lineup.
  — John Fay, The Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2020
• The lefty didn’t touch his cutter over the course of 95 pitches.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
• Joey Votto, the one lefty in the lineup, struck out three times.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2021
• The lefty is back in the majors with his hometown M’s, with a shot at the playoffs.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2022
• The lefty walked one and struck out seven, including two in the first and the side in the seventh.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
• The lefty was optioned to Triple-A Durham on August 30.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
• Joey Gallo is one of the few Rangers who wears the flap against lefties.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2020
• The lefty struck out in the fifth, but displayed his recent power drive in the eighth.
  — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• The culprits, again, are the two big lefty bats in the lineup, Harper and Schwarber.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2023
• The Rangers went 26-32 in games when the opponent started a lefty.
  — Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2020
• The list of lefties who can launch baseballs there is brief.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2019
• Their height, along with the fact that Bourque is right-handed and Avery is a lefty.
  — Rick Armstrong, chicagotribune.com, 14 Sep. 2021
• The Sox sitting him sometimes when a lefty was on the mound didn’t help either.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
• Sean Doolittle is the only other lefty in the team’s bullpen.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 5 May 2021
• In his next at-bat against the 27-year-old lefty, Renfroe sent a shot into the Red Sox bullpen.
  — Ken Powtak, Star Tribune, 13 Aug. 2020
• Watson, the other notable lefty in the field, did his best.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2021
• Aaron Loup is the only other lefty in the Halos' bullpen.
  — Greg Beacham, Chron, 10 Apr. 2022
• With the bullpens, lefty bats do a lot more damage against the Nationals.
  — Skip Snow, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 23 Oct. 2019
• The lefty pitcher saw the Flushing franchise at their first -- and at their worst.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
• Luis Peralta, the 24-year-old lefty, struggled, yielding four runs on five hits (including a homer) in two-thirds of an inning.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
• All have hit better against lefties over the course of their careers, though Bogaerts and Machado are relatively even and last year was not the first time they were reversed.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025