Reliever in a sentence

Down 1-0 heading into the top of the ninth and held to one hit by starter Kyle Freeland and reliever Nick Mears, the Nationals finally broke through against reliever Jalen Beeks.

Bryce Harper’s RBI single cut it to 4-3 against reliever Aaron Slegers in the seventh, but the reliever stranded the tying run on third by fanning Segura.

Phillies announce two-year contract for veteran reliever David RobertsonThe Philadelphia Phillis have agreed to a two-year contract with reliever David Robertson.

After converting from a starter, the righty broke out as an All-Star reliever with the Orioles in 2022.

After Mantiply entered the game as a reliever, he took too long to throw his warmup pitches—then Davis was too slow to get ready for the pitch.

Again he swung at the first pitch, a changeup from Twins reliever Griffin Jax, and smoked it to the center-field wall.

Also on Friday, the Orioles placed left-handed reliever Keegan Akin on the paternity list and recalled right-hander Yennier Canó from Triple-A.

Antelope Valley managed two more singles off reliever Alex Rodriguez to take the lead, but committed its fifth and most costly error of the day in the ninth inning to give it right back.

Baltimore will call up outfielder Colton Cowser and reliever Joey Krehbiel on Friday, a source confirmed to The Baltimore Sun.

Bass was loudly booed by some of the 42,205 in attendance at Rogers Centre a day after the Toronto reliever apologized for sharing a homophobic video on Instagram.

Boston tacked on a run in the sixth when Yoshida ripped a comebacker off Blue Jays reliever Anthony Bass, which allowed Connor Wong to score from third, another in the seventh on a Yoshida RBI double and again in the eighth on a Kiké Hernández RBI single.

Bullpen help was Baltimore’s most glaring need going into the deadline, and Fujinami has the potential to be another high-leverage reliever at manager Brandon Hyde’s disposal.

But Boston got those three runs right back, opening the fifth with three hits off Irvin, two of them hit softly, before Duvall scored two with a single off reliever Bryan Baker.

But Guardians reliever James Karinchak stranded Torres at third by getting Aaron Judge to pop up on a check swing and then striking out Anthony Rizzo and Giancarlo Stanton.

Danny Coulombe was a nondescript reliever not good enough to make the Minnesota Twins’ roster.

Elias said he came “pretty close” to adding another reliever beyond Fujinami, who has electric stuff but has at times struggled to harness it.

He broke the tie in the fifth inning with his second home run off Burnes, depositing this one into the Brewers bullpen in left-center field, as if to summon a reliever.

High-A Aberdeen left-hander Antonio Velez: Also part of the Scott-Sulser trade, the 26-year-old reliever has a 5.26 ERA between Bowie and Aberdeen.

In the fifth inning, Jeffers lined a low cutter from reliever Tyler Gilbert to the top of the left field wall.

It can be a major stress reliever.