How to Use relief pitcher in a Sentence

relief pitcher

noun

• 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
• Adam, a relief pitcher with a 2.49 ERA, cost three prospects.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
• 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
• Quick take: Thomas and relief pitcher Robert Broom will keep Mercer at or near the top of the standings.
  — Steve Lyttle, charlotteobserver, 15 Feb. 2018
• 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
• In the eighth inning of the first game, he was hit by an 87-mile-per-hour slider from the Red Sox relief pitcher Josh Smith.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2019
• When the Cubs won, nobody was talking about the defense or the relief pitchers.
  — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• But the relief pitchers — those who come in after the starters to finish the game — have been a disaster.
  — Fred Bowen, Washington Post, 3 July 2019
• 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
• The 23-year-old from Panama could return this month as a relief pitcher.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2019
• Catchers also use this tactic to stall for time, in case a relief pitcher isn’t quite ready in the bullpen.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2018
• 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
• David Price couldn’t get out of the second inning and seven relief pitchers followed him to the mound.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2019
• Valenzuela made his major league debut in the fall of 1980 as a relief pitcher.
  — Victoria Edel, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The momentum didn’t last long as Martin’s fourth hit, a weak grounder just out of the reach of relief pitcher Tommy Mace, knocked-in a run in the sixth.
  — Mike Malloy, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 June 2018
• No Reds relief pitcher has moved up the bullpen depth chart more rapidly than Kuhnel.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 19 June 2022
• Arizona’s relief pitchers are getting a sweet ride out to the mound this season.
  — Nina Mandell, For The Win, 6 Mar. 2018
• Omar Olivares homered in 1995, but the relief pitcher’s homer that day came as a pinch hitter.
  — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 19 May 2018
• The Cubs relievers started this dance craze, but the Storm Chasers relief pitchers showed their, ah, creative side with some of the moves.
  — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 13 June 2018
• 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

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024