リリーフ

also: レリーフ

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リリーフする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to a relief pitcher or the act of relieving a pitcher in baseball. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to come in as a relief pitcher'.

〈人ひと〉がリリーフに入はいるfor someone to come in as a relief pitcher
9回かいに新しん人じん投とう手しゅがリリーフに入はいった。
The rookie pitcher came in as relief in the ninth inning.
〈投とう手しゅ〉をリリーフするto relieve a pitcher
監かん督とくは疲つかれた先せん発ぱつ投とう手しゅをリリーフした。
The manager relieved the tired starting pitcher.
リリーフを送おくるto send in a relief pitcher
ピンチの場ば面めんでリリーフを送おくった。
They sent in a relief pitcher during the crisis situation.

中なか継つぎN1
リリーフ is the general term for a relief pitcher or the act of relieving, while 中継ぎ specifically means a middle-inning relief pitcher (as opposed to a closer).
抑おさえ
リリーフ covers any relief appearance, whereas 抑え specifically refers to the closer who finishes the game.
ワンポイントリリーフ
リリーフ is the general term for any relief pitcher, while ワンポイントリリーフ specifies one brought in for just a single batter.

先せん発ぱつ
リリーフ is a pitcher who comes in mid-game, the opposite of 先発, the starting pitcher who begins the game.

回かいN4
In baseball, relief appearances are naturally counted as appearances/innings of work, not with a dedicated special counter.

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Borrowed from English 'relief', specifically in the baseball sense.