sinker
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Unlike many of his bullpen counterparts, who rely on no more than two pitches, Ashby has four, highlighted by his 97 mph sinker and devastating curveball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
He ambushed a first-pitch sinker and drove it into the left-field gap for a go-ahead double.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Skubal didn’t allow another baserunner until the sixth inning, when Sean Murphy launched a top-rail sinker for a solo homer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Four of the last five outs he’d recorded were strikeouts, with a different putaway pitch for each: slider, sinker, curveball, changeup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
And there they were I Not two or three, but at least a dozen, lashed together, each with a barbed hook and bolt sinker.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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