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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Ethan Moore is a switch-hitting middle infielder from Oak Park-River Forest.
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Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
With the deadline a fast-moving 23 days away, NESN scribe Matt Dargan proposed a deal for veteran Washington Nationals switch-hitting slugger Josh Bell.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
But Morales was also a switch-hitting force for playoff teams with the Angels and Royals, hitting 30 homers and driving in 100 for both.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 8 July 2025
The switch-hitting Domínguez, batting from the left side, shot a low sinker 380 feet the other way at over 100 mph.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 July 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
With the deadline a fast-moving 23 days away, NESN scribe Matt Dargan proposed a deal for veteran Washington Nationals switch-hitting slugger Josh Bell.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
But Morales was also a switch-hitting force for playoff teams with the Angels and Royals, hitting 30 homers and driving in 100 for both.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 8 July 2025
The switch-hitting Domínguez, batting from the left side, shot a low sinker 380 feet the other way at over 100 mph.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 July 2025
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“Switch-hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/switch-hit. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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