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Kotomora

ワンポイントリリーフ

also: ワン・ポイント・リリーフ

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Meanings

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noun

relief pitcher brought in to face one batter

Baseball term for a relief pitcher who enters the game specifically to face a single batter, often to exploit a lefty-lefty or righty-righty matchup.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from one-point relief

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