pitching change
New arm incoming
A pitching change is when a baseball team replaces one pitcher with another during a game.
The manager signals for a new pitcher, the outgoing pitcher leaves the mound, and play resumes after the reliever warms up.
Teams make pitching changes for strategic reasons—fatigue, matchup advantages against certain batters, or poor performance: The manager made a pitching change in the seventh inning.
- bullpenRelief pitcher staging area
- relieverOne who lessens discomfort
- moundHeaped earth formation
- dugoutCarved-log canoe
- warmupPre-activity preparation
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- baseballbaseball, bat, catchers, glove, catching
- coaching decisionssubstitutions, time out, rotation, benching, challenge flag
- baseball incidentsbalk, error, ejection, interference, obstruction
- pitchingfastball, slider, curveball, changeup, sinker
- game stoppagestimeout, dead ball, injury timeout, official timeout, stoppage time