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With two outs and a runner on, Sasaki threw a splitter on the inside edge of the strike zone to Gunnar Henderson, who homered to right field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Neither his slider and splitter hit the zone more than 45% of the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
Opposing batters knew that almost everything Soriano threw would be down in the zone, whether it was a sinker, splitter or curveball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
Working quickly, Wrobleski pitched seven innings, worked in a splitter for the first time this season and yielded eight hits but just one run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
He was not a splitter, but a lumper, a seeker of deeper anatomy.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Christian Yelich then singled to load the bases before Sasaki got William Contreras to chase a high fastball and a pair of splitters below the zone for a strikeout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
By 2016, just 1.4% of pitches thrown across MLB were splitters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
With a steady diet of devastating sliders and splitters that seemed to defy the laws of physics, Yesavage induced 23 swings and misses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
The Tsinghua team solved this by designing a fully integrated on-chip system with adjustable power splitters and precise delay lines.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2025
At one time he had and used as legal tender at least forty-five tops of various sizes and colors, from the thick clumsy baby tops to the lean and dangerous splitters with their needle points.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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