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Categories: Baseball strategy, Baseball pitching
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reliever  relief pitcher  fireman  relief ace  relief pitchers
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A pitcher who does not start the game WordNet 3.0
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A pitcher who does not start the game WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who pitches in the game after the starting pitcher has been removed because of fatigue, ineffectiveness, injury, or ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as inclement weather delays or pinch hitter substitutions. Wikipedia
A baseball or softball position Wikipedia Disambiguation
Baseball or softball pitcher who relieves a previous pitcher Wikidata
A relief pitcher. Wiktionary
A pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, ejection from the game or fatigue. Wiktionary
Baseball: replacement pitcher. Wiktionary (translation)
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The team's relief pitchers have not allowed a run in the past six games. Wiktionary
The first reliever got the last two outs of the sixth. Wiktionary
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