slurve

[slurv]

noun

Baseball.

1. a pitch similar to a slider in delivery but with more curve to the ball’s path.

   He throws a hard slurve, which has resulted in a lot of swinging strikeouts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slurve¹

First recorded in 1975–80; blend of slider ( def. ) and curve ( def. )

Example Sentences

Brewers starter José Quintana left him an inside slurve.

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In the bottom of the first, he finally shut everybody up when he connected on a full-count slurve from the Brewers’ lefty starter Jose Quintana and drove it into oblivion.

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Badly slumping Freddie Freeman was bailed out of an 0-and-2 count on a wild slurve from Soroka that hit his foot.

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They were shut out for six-plus innings by Blue Jays starter Jose Berrios and his nasty sinker/slurve combo.

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Berrios threw his slurve 39 times, more than any other pitch.

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