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reliever

[ ri-lee-ver ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that relieves.
  2. Baseball. relief pitcher.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of reliever1

First recorded in 1475–85; relieve, -er 1
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The Dodgers’ relievers helped the team earn a 1-0 win over the Rangers Sunday after Tyler Glasnow was pulled in the fifth inning because of cramps.

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Then, this weekend, top right-handed reliever Blake Treinen went down with a low-grade forearm sprain.

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“Things are slowly moving forward,” said Roberts, who added that injured reliever Michael Kopech will throw a second bullpen Tuesday and starter Blake Snell will begin throwing Monday.

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Thus, his next time up in the top of the seventh, Pages swung at three straight sliders from reliever Eduardo Salazar.

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“’d you say to Tanner before the game?” first-year Dodgers reliever Tanner Scott, a longtime personal friend of Phillips’ in the game, implored his new teammate to share with a reporter.

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