relief pitcher
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relief pitcher (plural relief pitchers)
- (baseball) 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.
- The team's relief pitchers have not allowed a run in the past six games.
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baseball: replacement pitcher
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