comebacker

Example Sentences

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Angels starting pitcher Jack Kochanowicz was drilled in the left leg with a comebacker in the first inning, but pitched into the fifth until Montgomery pulled the sinkerballer after a walk and double.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025

Then Tommy Edman scorched a comebacker straight to reliever Jose Buttó, concluding a night in which the Dodgers went two for 11 with runners in scoring position and stranded 11 men on base.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

He fielded a comebacker from Kim in his first at-bat.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2025

Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws 27 pitches and Bobby Miller takes a comebacker off his head and is placed into concussion protocol during the Dodgers’ 12-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

Flaherty avoided a worst-case scenario, staying in the game after taking a fifth-inning comebacker from Colton Cowser off his right wrist.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024