How to Use left-hander in a Sentence

left-hander

noun
  • Still, the best years were yet to come, both for the team and for its star left-hander.
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The Phillies will send left-hander Christopher Sanchez to the mound.
    — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
  • The 6-foot-5 junior left-hander from Clovis has emerged both on the mound and at the plate for the Aztecs.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
  • That should get through to the guys who’ve been struggling against left-handers.
    — Jon Marks, Miami Herald, 30 June 2024
  • Ohtani singled in the sixth and grounded out against left-hander Tim Mayza in the eighth.
    — Ian Harrison, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
  • Could left-hander Ranger Suárez be on the chopping block?
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
  • On April 14, the 26-year-old left-hander entered a game against the Mets and faced eight batters.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 2023
  • Young, the 29-year-old left-hander, doesn’t pitch anything like Sims.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The two main breaks start with the Groins, a big left-hander on the north side of Westport’s marina.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 July 2024
  • The Red Sox have a left-handed heavy lineup, and Young is the only left-hander in the Reds’ bullpen.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 2 June 2023
  • The question with Sanchez is whether the Marlins will give him more at-bats against left-handers.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The left-hander said that Sunday’s start was the best he’s felt since going under the knife.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The misplay put left-hander Tarik Skubal in a bind from the beginning.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The left-hander needed 29 pitches to get through the first inning but only 55 in the next four.
    — David O'Brien, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The left-hander flashed glimpses of his Cy Young form but made just seven starts due to a left hamstring strain.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Teaming with left-hander Ethan Schiefelbein on the mound, Corona proved to be the No. 1 team in the nation.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
  • The Chicago Cubs’ left-hander had Tommy John surgery in 2017.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
  • Meanwhile, left-hander Jordan Montgomery has been named the starter for the Rangers.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The Yankees improved to 13-17 in games started by left-handers this year.
    — Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The left-hander scattered seven hits and struck out four in five innings.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Russell, a left-hander, pitched for the Cubs, Braves and Phillies in a seven-year career that ended in 2016.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2024
  • Twice the veteran left-hander squandered it in the bottom half of the inning.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Cease got Profar on a groundout before Shildt came out of the dugout and called left-hander Adrián Morejón in from the bullpen.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The left-hander was backed up by a defense that played one of its crisper games in recent memory.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
  • The Yankees gave him eight years and $215 million – the largest and longest deal ever given a left-hander.
    — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Like the proverbial cat with nine lives, left-hander Nick Margevicius keeps coming back.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • At the time, it was believed that left-handers made up only about two per cent of the population.
    — Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Los Angeles left-hander Alex Vesia pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the year.
    — Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
  • Pivetta struck out three batters in both the third and fourth innings and stranded Lee’s one-out double in the fifth with left-hander Adrián Morejón warming in the bullpen.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The Pirates kept the left-hander at the July 31 trade deadline despite his expiring contract, but ultimately chose to part ways with the pitcher by the end of the summer.
    — Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025

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