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With right-handed Trea Turner due to bat, left-handed pitcher Tyler Matzek is replaced by right-handed pitcher Josh Tomlin (pictured) in a game on April 6, 2021. [1]In baseball, the lefty-righty switch is a maneuver by which a player who may be at a disadvantage against an opponent of a certain handedness is replaced by a substitute who is better suited for the situation.
Detroit’s lefty-swinging designated hitter has the fifth-best OPS against right-handed pitching this year (minimum 250 PAs). The only players ahead of him are Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Juan ...
Key matchup. Royals righty hitters vs. Carlos Rodón: For Kansas City to make this a series, the Royals will need to steal one of the first two contests in the Bronx. Game 1 feels like a tall task ...
But Gavin Lux walked, and Edman (a .181/.256/.267 hitter vs. right-handed pitchers during the regular season) hit a shot down the first base line that 35-year-old Anthony Rizzo (C+ defensive range ...
A no-hitter was only credited if the game lasted at least nine innings (i.e. extra innings were played, due to a tie score). Under the 1991 guidelines recognizing major-league no-hitters, the feat is only officially recognized when a team's pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits in a minimum of nine innings (that is, records at least 27 outs ...
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A DH acts as a permanent pinch hitter for the pitcher. Once a pinch hitter bats, he will replace the previous batter in the lineup unless a substitution is made. Prior to the onset of the universal DH, NL teams occasionally used pinch hitters in place of pitchers when not playing in an AL ballpark; commonly this involves a double switch .
Instead of waiting for a lefty-lefty matchup against Austin Wells, Quatraro went with Zerpa to face Juan Soto. ... Pham is a career .343 hitter vs. Cole in 353 regular season ABs. ... Pettitte had ...