How to Use righty in a Sentence

righty

noun
  • Our starting pitcher is a righty.
  • The 24-year-old righty was in his 11th game in the majors.
    sun-sentinel.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The 25-year-old righty was called up as a starter but was moved to the bullpen.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Gilbert, a left-hander, was drafted in the 35th round and Frisch, a righty, in the 36th.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 5 June 2019
  • The 31-year-old righty had three walks and one strikeout.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2021
  • But his height and weight help the righty throw mid-90s fastballs.
    Shaun Goodwin, kansascity, 6 June 2018
  • The 25-year-old righty from Missouri shut down the Rays from the second through the sixth.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The Rangers are free to rework a contact with the 44-year-old righty.
    baltimoresun.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The righty allowed four runs on four hits and three walks.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Dubon pulled his homer on a line against righty Josh Sborz.
    Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 22 Feb. 2020
  • The 40-year-old righty hasn’t won since May 20 in Pittsburgh.
    Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022
  • The righty came into the game with more wins on the season (9) than walks (8).
    Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2018
  • The righty allowed a walk and a steal in the third, but induced a popout to escape the jam.
    Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 15 May 2022
  • The 32-year-old righty gave up two runs on three hits, walked four and struck out four.
    David Brandt, Star Tribune, 15 May 2021
  • The righty promptly walked the bases loaded, and the Wildcats pounced.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 21 May 2022
  • New York summoned a righty of its own, Drew Smith, who got ahead 0-2 in the count.
    Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Colton, the righty, smacked a double into right field to lead off the bottom of the first.
    Sam Dodge, latimes.com, 6 July 2018
  • Over the past six weeks, the righty has been among the best relievers in baseball.
    Wells Dusenbury, sun-sentinel.com, 16 July 2019
  • The 35-year-old righty had not allowed a run in five innings, so the choice made a lot of sense.
    Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Ball, a righty, used to release the basketball from the left side of his body.
    Christian Clark, NOLA.com, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The 27-year-old righty is 7-2 this year, a sign of the challenge the Tigers are up for Sunday morning.
    Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2023
  • The righty struck out the next two batters before Coco Montes walked to load the bases.
    Staff Report, courant.com, 20 June 2021
  • Ober, a 6-foot-9 righty, gave up two runs on five hits across six innings.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The veteran righty has pitched 11 seasons in the big leagues.
    Dallas News, 28 Dec. 2022
  • For most of his life a left-handed shooter, Thompson changed to a righty in the NBA.
    Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 2 May 2018
  • The 6-foot-2 righty uses a changeup and a curveball, too.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Taking the mound for Louisville is senior righty Jared Poland.
    Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal, 10 June 2022
  • The righty was charged with three runs on four hits, walking two and striking out four.
    Hartford Courant, courant.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • The young righty has been excellent this month and is still in line to progress as the season rounds out.
    Doug Ziefel, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The 22-year-old righty has made only 39 minor-league starts.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, 14 Apr. 2018

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