plural of starting pitcher

plural of relief pitcher

(baseball) A pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, ejection from the game or fatigue.

(baseball) A pitcher who is usually used to start a game; a member of a team's rotation. Compare relief pitcher. / (baseball) A pitcher who is recorded to begin the game.

In a pitchy way.

(baseball) A count favourable to the pitcher, usually with two strikes; a 1-2, 0-2, or 0-1 count.

Resembling or characteristic of a pitchfork.

(music) Without pitch; unpitched. / Without pitch (the viscous material made from distilling oil and tar).

simple past tense and past participle of pitchfork

The act of pricking with a pitchfork