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 | [e-mail], 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
• The punter with the most muffs over the past five years, 18, is Oakland’s Marquette King, a righty.
  — Jenny Vrentas, SI.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• Colton, the righty, smacked a double into right field to lead off the bottom of the first.
  — Sam Dodge, latimes.com, 6 July 2018
• Skillin, a lefty, shares the punting job with Velazquez, a righty.
  — Chadd Cripe, idahostatesman, 20 Oct. 2017
• 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
• That was it for the righty, as he was replaced by Michael Lorenzen.
  — Zach Buchanan, Cincinnati.com, 9 Sep. 2017
• 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
• The All-Star righty gave up seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.
  — Mike Fitzpatrick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• 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

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024