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Examples of pinch hitter in a Sentence
the business owners brought in a pinch hitter until a permanent manager could be hired
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Held scoreless through six innings, the A’s scored their runs in the seventh through 11th and literally walked it off when pinch hitter Tyler Soderstrom took four straight pitches out of the strike zone from reliever Peter Lambert with the bases loaded and two out.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
With Martin’s bat, Dietz’s Swiss army knife ability and a couple of key pinch hitters, the Lions turned to Michael Martin and Braeden Cubb to take the mound in relief.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024
Ortega tossed a complete game, giving up just one run in the fifth inning that came from an RBI double by pinch hitter Joshua Santillian.
—David Delgado, Orange County Register, 14 May 2024
But great job responding and striking out the pinch hitter on three pitches.
—Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 18 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined above
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“Pinch hitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinch%20hitter. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
pinch hitter
noun1
: a baseball player sent in to bat for another especially when a hit is needed
2
: a person called upon to do another's work in an emergency
pinch-hit
verb
(ˈ)pinch-ˈhit
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