switch-hit
verb
switch-hit; switch-hitting
: to bat right-handed against a left-handed pitcher and left-handed against a right-handed pitcher in baseball
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The switch-hitting shortstop has gained a national profile with his considerable skills.
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Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Toronto added a switch-hitting slugger, a Gold Glove second baseman, a Hall of Fame pitcher and two new hitting coaches in the offseason.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 18 May 2025
The switch-hitting demon is always a great card in DD, and this one should be no exception.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
The switch-hitting Domínguez struck a solo home run off of right-handed A’s starter Osvaldo Bido in the third inning; a solo shot against left-hander Hogan Harris in the seventh; and a grand slam off of right-hander Elvis Alvarado in the eighth.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
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Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Toronto added a switch-hitting slugger, a Gold Glove second baseman, a Hall of Fame pitcher and two new hitting coaches in the offseason.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 18 May 2025
The switch-hitting demon is always a great card in DD, and this one should be no exception.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
The switch-hitting Domínguez struck a solo home run off of right-handed A’s starter Osvaldo Bido in the third inning; a solo shot against left-hander Hogan Harris in the seventh; and a grand slam off of right-hander Elvis Alvarado in the eighth.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
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“Switch-hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/switch-hit. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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