noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
relieving the starting pitcher; pitching change
Baseball term for replacing the starting pitcher with a relief pitcher. Used as a noun or with する to describe the act of making a pitching change.
先発投手が打たれて、早めの継投に入った。
The starting pitcher got hit, so they went to an early pitching change.
継投
The pitching change worked well, and they won the game.