How to Use lefty in a Sentence

lefty

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  • Our starting pitcher is a lefty.
  • Judge is 2 for 4 with no homers against the crafty lefty.
    — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The 6-foot-4 lefty is already throwing in the low-to-mid 90s.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 10 July 2022
  • The lithe lefty is a stand-up guy, credit him for that.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Moore first met Prager when the young lefty was still in sixth grade.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Hall, a lefty, worked out of Blaine Hardy’s jam in the ninth inning.
    — Chris Nelsen, Detroit Free Press, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The sweet-swinging lefty is in line to be among the first picks in this year’s MLB draft.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 21 Apr. 2023
  • There, the lefty is … well, very efficient around the rim.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2022
  • Good news for the Tigers: No team has hit worse against lefties than the Guardians.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023
  • With a lefty on the mound, Nick Senzel would be a lock to be in the lineup.
    — John Fay, The Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2020
  • The lefty didn’t touch his cutter over the course of 95 pitches.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
  • Joey Votto, the one lefty in the lineup, struck out three times.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The lefty is back in the majors with his hometown M’s, with a shot at the playoffs.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The lefty walked one and struck out seven, including two in the first and the side in the seventh.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The lefty was optioned to Triple-A Durham on August 30.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Joey Gallo is one of the few Rangers who wears the flap against lefties.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2020
  • The lefty struck out in the fifth, but displayed his recent power drive in the eighth.
    — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The culprits, again, are the two big lefty bats in the lineup, Harper and Schwarber.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2023
  • The Rangers went 26-32 in games when the opponent started a lefty.
    — Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The list of lefties who can launch baseballs there is brief.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Their height, along with the fact that Bourque is right-handed and Avery is a lefty.
    — Rick Armstrong, chicagotribune.com, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The Sox sitting him sometimes when a lefty was on the mound didn’t help either.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Sean Doolittle is the only other lefty in the team’s bullpen.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 5 May 2021
  • In his next at-bat against the 27-year-old lefty, Renfroe sent a shot into the Red Sox bullpen.
    — Ken Powtak, Star Tribune, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Watson, the other notable lefty in the field, did his best.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2021
  • Aaron Loup is the only other lefty in the Halos' bullpen.
    — Greg Beacham, Chron, 10 Apr. 2022
  • With the bullpens, lefty bats do a lot more damage against the Nationals.
    — Skip Snow, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 23 Oct. 2019
  • The lefty pitcher saw the Flushing franchise at their first -- and at their worst.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Zach Penrod entered spring training hoping to emerge as one of the top lefties in the Boston Red Sox bullpen.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Right-handers with good sliders and lefties with moving changeups could be a problem.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025

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