How to Use starting pitcher in a Sentence

starting pitcher

noun
  • The next day’s starting pitcher needs to give you length.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Their starting pitcher put them in a hole the offense could not get out of.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Up to that point, neither team’s starting pitcher had flinched.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
  • Will the team look to add a starting pitcher to help its rotation?
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2023
  • Their starting pitcher is to be announced.
    — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • To lose a game like that after eight shutout innings from your starting pitcher.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The Dodgers didn’t have a healthy starting pitcher and went with their bullpen the entire game.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Every year, the Mets seem to lose a starting pitcher for the start of the season.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The Mets starting pitcher spent much of the last two seasons injured.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And their best starting pitcher from last season began this one with his worst start in nearly two years.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • But Randy Vásquez wasn’t the only starting pitcher who poured out of the bullpen.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The Padres took a little bit to get going against a young starting pitcher who hasn’t been good.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
  • For the second straight day, the Mets were forced to pull their starting pitcher in the fourth inning.
    — Abbey Mastrocco, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2024
  • Trading for a top starting pitcher should be their biggest target.
    — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • Wacha is the fourth different starting pitcher to earn a spot on the AL team.
    — Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • Braves starting pitcher Bryce Elder, once again, sparkled.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 17 May 2026
  • And what of the leading wave of the currently active starting pitcher group?
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Royals starting pitcher Cole Ragans loves a nice-lookin’ pair of boots.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
  • The run support was enough for starting pitcher Dane Dunning.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2024
  • The trio gives the Cubs matchup options to maximize their strengths against each game’s starting pitcher.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Who is the Phillies' starting pitcher on Opening Day?
    — Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • In each of the first three games of the season, the Marlins’ starting pitcher has walked at least four batters.
    — Alina Thames, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
  • But Pivetta’s season eclipses that of any Cubs starting pitcher.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Signing King would give them a top-of-the-line starting pitcher to place atop their rotation for the next few years.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • One of the first tasks for the new front office boss should be to seek a trade to acquire a solid, veteran starting pitcher.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Ace Nick Pivetta had the best season of any starting pitcher on either team.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Picking up starting pitcher Chris Bassitt was a great move as well that no one really talked about.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Twins starting pitcher Taj Bradley (3-1) took the mound in his first start against his former team.
    — CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In addition, starting pitcher Trevor Rogers had his first rough outing in a while.
    — Kaushik Sampath, Miami Herald, 4 July 2024
  • The bright spot for the Yanks was rookie starting pitcher Cam Schlittler.
    — James Oconnell, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'starting pitcher.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: