reliever

[ri-lee-ver]

noun

1. a person or thing that relieves.

2. Baseball.,  relief pitcher.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reliever¹

First recorded in 1475–85; relieve, -er ¹

Example Sentences

How could a newcomer who practically vanished when he went down with a shoulder impingement five months earlier become the team’s most dominant reliever?

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No, Philadelphia Phillies’ reliever Orion Kerkering did not just botch a grounder and throw it away with the season on the line!

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On a brutal, confounding decision from the Phillies reliever, that unleashed pandemonium inside Dodger Stadium.

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For a closer, they turned to Roki Sasaki, the Japanese rookie flamethrower who has been a reliever for all of 10 days.

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He fell behind in the count 0-2 against Toronto reliever Louis Varland, as the crowd of 47,399 at Yankee Stadium began mentally rehearsing the chorus of boos that was one strike away.

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