incurve

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He captained the baseball team, and could pitch an incurve and a swift drop ball that made him a demi-god to those who had vainly tried to hit his twisters.

From The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps by Driscoll, James R. [pseud.]

The other important curves are the incurve, shooting sharply to the left, and the drop, with their many variations, nearly every pitcher using some favourite curve.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

The next was an incurve, but Brassy swung at it and missed again.

From The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up by Stratemeyer, Edward

He didn’t have either an incurve or an outcurve that was worth mentioning.

From Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball by Duffield, J. W.

He had a nose like a shoemaker's thumb: there was a deep incurve from its wide tip to his forehead.

From D'Ri and I by Bacheller, Irving