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
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Brice Turang got the barrel of his bat to an inside sinker and lifted it over the fence in left-center, into the Brewers’ bullpen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Then he got a sinker up and over the middle of the plate, a pitch he could drive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
His curveball wasn’t curving, his sinker wasn’t sinking, his knuckler wasn’t knuckling.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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