English Dictionary

relief pitcher

名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

救援投手：試合開始の先発投手や他の控え投手が負傷、不振、退場、疲労などの理由で交代した後に登板する投手。

When the starter's arm tightened in the seventh inning, the manager called in a relief pitcher to try to stop the rally.

先発投手の腕に張りが出た七回、監督はラリーを止めるために救援投手を起用した。

意味（1）

(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.

relief pitchers （ plural ）