comebacker

Example Sentences

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Ohtani led off the bottom of the first inning with a comebacker.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

Angels starting pitcher Jack Kochanowicz was drilled in the left leg with a comebacker in the first inning, but pitched into the fifth until Montgomery pulled the sinkerballer after a walk and double.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025

In the top of the third inning, pitcher Bobby Miller was struck in the head by a 106-mph comebacker off the bat of Busch.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

Then a Cactus League comebacker drilled Treinen in the right rib cage March 9.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2024

Flaherty avoided a worst-case scenario, staying in the game after taking a fifth-inning comebacker from Colton Cowser off his right wrist.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024