pitcher

Example Sentences

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Pages drove in the first two runs by crushing a center-cut changeup from Angels starting pitcher Jack Kochanowicz over the left-field wall.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

There has never been a pitcher quite like him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

On Nick Madrigal’s sharp line drive in the third inning, the pitcher reached for the ball and popped it up with the tip of his glove.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

“That arm,” Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff said, “is a superpower.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Sometimes there was no way for the pitcher to, either.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson