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Ehire Adrianza pinch-hit for Buxton in the bottom of the inning.
Gerardo Parra pinch-hit for Corbin in the bottom of the frame.
But manager Kevin Cash pinch hit for him in the fifth inning.
McMahon pinch-hit for Hampson and homered to left to tie it.
Let him bat or pinch hit for him with two men on?
Then, in the seventh inning, he pinch-hit for shortstop Amed Rosario.
Leclerc struck out Nick Ahmed before Dyson pinch hit for John Ryan Murphy.
Alford went 0-for-2 and was pinch-hit for in the seventh.
Romine pinch-hit for Ackley in the ninth and hit a solo home run.
Andrew Knapp came in to pinch hit for Davis and struck out, as well.
Peter O'Brien pinch-hit for Segura with a 1-1 count and struck out.
Joc Pederson pinch-hit for Austin Barnes and grounded out to short and while that move did not work out, Max Muncy pinch-hit for Brian Dozier and singled to right and then moved to second on a single by Justin Turner.
Shohei Ohtani pinch-hit for Skaggs and singled to load the bases with one out.
Russell pinch hit for the second day in a row, grounding out in the seventh.
The 21-year-old was pinch-hit for by Charlie Culberson in the third inning.
Trent Grisham pinch-hit for him, entering with a 1-2 count and striking out.
Gordon was pinch-hit for in the seventh inning, leaving with tightness in his right groin.
Watson walked Reddick leading off the seventh, Evan Gattis pinch hit for Verlander and Maeda relieved.
Rickie Weeks then pinch-hit for Greinke and doubled to put runners on second and third.
Phillips went 1-for-2 on Monday before being pinch-hit for in the seventh inning.
OF Starling Marte, who is battling a sore left foot, pinch hit for the second consecutive game.
If Gillaspie had failed to plate a run, the Giants would have pinch-hit for their pitcher.
I've told him over and over, as his career goes on, he won't be pinch hit for.
The Marlins pinch-hit for him in the bottom of the seventh, and no injury was announced.
Pitcher Zack Greinke pinch-ran for Pollock, and hurler Patrick Corbin pinch-hit for Wilhelmsen, Arizona's sixth pitcher.
Strasburg (1-0) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings before Lind pinch-hit for him.
Franco did pinch-hit for the second day in a row and got a single in the ninth.
Why did Roberts pinch-hit for Hill in the top of the sixth with a 383-1 lead?
Flores was pinch-hit for in the ninth when Detroit had closer RHP Francisco Rodriguez in the game.
Ramos pinch-hit for Rivera and drew a leadoff walk in the ninth to begin the Mets' rally.
Vogelbach pinch hit for DH Nelson Cruz in the ninth inning and reached base on a fielder's choice.
"I've always said, if you don't like not playing or you don't like getting pinch-hit for," Gardner said.
Ryan Braun pinch-hit for Chacin and hit into a double play, scoring Gamel for a 1-0 lead.
Teammate Melky Cabrera pinch hit for him in the fourth inning and finished 0-for-2 with a walk.
With two outs, Cody Bellinger pinch-hit for Chris Taylor and flied out to right to end the inning.
He stayed in the game defensively but was pinch-hit for in his at-bat in the next half-inning.
But Baker needed to pinch-hit for Scherzer in the sixth inning Tuesday night with his team trailing 2-0.
Manager Robin Ventura said it is a better spot for him to pinch-hit for Sanchez, if needed, later in games.
Huckabee Sanders pinch hit for White House press secretary Sean Spicer, who was serving on Navy Reserve duty, Huckabee Sanders said.
If you have to pinch-hit for him, do it, because you've still got guys down there that are pretty good.
Morrison pinch-hit for Nola with one out in the fifth and blasted a two-run homer to spark the comeback.
RHP Brandon McCarthy lasted only four innings Thursday before being pinch hit for after manager Dave Roberts discovered he had a blister.
Gutierrez watched the first nine innings from the bench but was called upon to pinch hit for Seth Smith in the 213th.
Segedin, who started in right field Thursday, was 0-for-2 before Chase Utley pinch-hit for him in the eighth inning.
When Seattle later pinch-hit for Moore, first baseman Edwin Encarnacion moved to second base for the first time in his career.
With the Yankees trailing by 4-2 in the seventh inning, Rodriguez pinch-hit for Hicks with runners on first and second.
Davis walked, and Francona faced a tough choice: Let the dominant Miller bat or pinch hit for him with two men on?
Culberson, a former Giant, went 0-for-2 before being lifted for Chase Utley, who pinch-hit for him in the sixth.
He struck out Carlos Correa and Robinson Chirinos, but walked Aledmys Diaz, who had come in to pinch-hit for Kyle Tucker.
Hanson's triple led off the seventh inning with the Giants leading 1-0 and prompted to the decision to pinch-hit for Bumgarner.
Among the batters Montero retired was Mets RHP Jacob deGrom, who pinch-hit for LHP Antonio Bastardo in the bottom of the eighth.
Dozier suffered the injury earlier in the game and played through it, but couldn't continue and was pinch-hit for in the ninth.
LF Alex Gordon did not play Saturday after suffering a right groin strain Friday and was pinch hit for in the seventh inning.
Murphy pinch-hit for Mark Reynolds and greeted left-handed reliever Brad Wieck with the three-run double into the right-field corner.
"I was honestly trying to get back to pinch-hit for whatever situation, and they said it was a collapsed lung," Nimmo said.
Chisenhall was announced to pinch hit in the ninth, but Francona then pinch hit for him when the Orioles brought in LHP Zach Britton.
With Bradford coming in from the bullpen, A's manager Bob Melvin sent left-handed hitting Matt Joyce up to pinch-hit for Trayce Thompson.
He was pinch hit for in the eighth inning after fouling a pitch off the shoelaces his right foot in the fifth inning Monday.
The Dodgers tied the score when Seager's sacrifice fly scored Van Slyke, who pinch hit for Maeda and reached first on Ahmed's throwing error.
He has the endurance to throw 27 or more if the Astros can avoid a situation where they need to pinch-hit for him.
Melvin Upton Jr., obtained Tuesday in a trade with the Padres, pinch-hit for Smoak and forced Pillar at second with a grounder to first.
He may have simply left the game for matchup purposes; Gerardo Parra pinch hit for him against a right-handed reliever in the sixth inning.
Canha's response called to mind a very different reaction years ago, when Manager Sparky Anderson pinch-hit for a batter before his first plate appearance.
He now has a six-game hitting streak but still got pinch-hit for in the sixth inning when LHP Vidal Nuno was on the mound.
Counsell pinch-hit for Chacin with two on and two out in the bottom of the second, but Jonathan Schoop grounded out to end the threat.
On Tuesday he defended leaving Rodriguez on the bench when he could have pinch-hit for Aaron Hicks, but on Wednesday Girardi gave Rodriguez a chance.
Rob Refsnyder played first on Sunday, and the Yankees pinch-hit for him with two outs in the ninth inning against the Detroit Tigers' Francisco Rodriguez.
He was replacing Masahiro Tanaka, who was pinch-hit for back in May before the rains came and would not have been available to continue, anyway.
With the game tied at 3-3 in the sixth inning, Gardner pinch-hit for Pete Kozma with one out and runners on first and third.
Duda remained in the game for the rest of the half-inning but was pinch-hit for by INF Wilmer Flores in the bottom of the fifth.
The right-handed Mac Williamson pinch-hit for him in the eighth inning and hit a run-scoring double off the Yankees' left-handed reliever Andrew Miller.
With Ethier having pinch-hit for Clayton Kershaw, the Dodgers' bullpen will have to try to follow the example he set with four scoreless innings of relief.
Manager Terry Collins said he expected 75 to 80 pitches from Montero, who had thrown 87 by the time he was pinch-hit for in the third.
Culberson pinch-hit for Ozzie Albies in the third — Atlanta took him out as a precaution due to right hamstring tightness — and later hit a solo homer.
Justin Turner had a bat in his hands in the dugout, and it appeared Roberts might send Turner up to pinch-hit for Pederson, who has a career .
Holt then pinch-hit for Sandy Leon and lined the first pitch off the Monster in left-center to drive in both runners and make it 5-3.
He explained that performance would begin to dictate playing time and why he did not pinch-hit for Ronald Torreyes with the score tied late in Friday's game.
With a runner in scoring position and one out, Dave Roberts sent up Kike Hernandez to pinch-hit for Brandon Morrow, and he reached base on a walk.
Encarnacion, the Yankees' designated hitter, had a two-run homer in the third and walked in the fifth before Mike Ford pinch-hit for him in the seventh.
Jay, who pinch hit for Lackey, launched a 2100-2 pitch off Ramirez to left for his second homer of the season, which brought home Happ and Javier Baez.
He remained in the game in right field for the top of the second inning before being pinch-hit for by Victor Reyes in the bottom of the frame.
The Giants elected to pinch-hit for Bumgarner in the seventh after he'd thrown 93 pitches, leaving the fate of the game in hands of the San Francisco bullpen.
"It's one of the worst things you can do as a manager, pinch-hit for a star, especially one of the elite power hitters in the game," Collins said.
"He has a lot of weapons, a lot of interchangeable parts, and he's not afraid to pinch-hit for a guy in the middle of the game," Black said.
So Franklin, who had performed his signature aria "Nessun Dorma" a couple of nights prior for the Grammys' annual MusiCares fundraiser, stepped in to pinch-hit for her friend.
Schwada noted that precedence exists for citizen suits in environmental laws, a number of which allow private citizens to pinch hit for the resource-strapped government to enforce their mandates.
Frazier got as far as the on-deck circle that night, as a decoy, because Boone wanted the Nationals to think the Yankees were going to pinch-hit for Tanaka.
Chapman allowed a one-out single to Jose Ramirez, and Terry Francona tried to take advantage of the baserunner by sending up Yan Gomes to pinch-hit for Lonnie Chisenhall.
But with a five-man bench reduced to one healthy player, the backup catcher Kevin Plawecki, Manager Terry Collins turned to another pitcher, Zack Wheeler, to pinch-hit for Harvey.
But Manager Gabe Kapler elected to pinch-hit for Eflin in the seventh with Philadelphia ahead by 2-1 even though the right-handed Eflin had thrown just 84 pitches.
Martinez didn't hit a home run during eight rehab games in the minors, but he got a charge from the standing ovation he received when he pinch-hit for James McCann.
While the RNC's decision to pinch-hit for the White House on a rapid response effort and communications strategy is an unusual one in some respects, it's an easy fit in others.
Bruce has had trouble with left-handed pitchers this season, and Collins had warned him in the prior inning that he might have to pinch-hit for him if this situation arose.
With Rizzo on base, Maddon opted not to pinch-hit for the right-handed-hitting outfielder Albert Almora Jr. with any of the left-handed batters he still had on the bench.
Edwin Rios pinch-hit for Kershaw in the seventh and drew a walk off reliever Andrew Miller before eventually scoring on a two-out single by Max Muncy to make it 3-1.
Hernan Perez tied it up with an RBI single before Austin pinch hit for Houser and deposited a 3-1 fastball from Jon Lester (12-10) over the wall in left-center field.
Hernan Perez tied it up with an RBI single before Austin pinch hit for Houser and deposited a 3-1 fastball from Jon Lester (12-10) over the wall in left-center field.
The Rangers pinch-hit for catcher Bobby Wilson, the No. 11 batter, with Jurickson Profar, who fell behind reliever Ryan Pressly 2127-2124 before muscling a broken-bat, two-run single into center field.
Gray gave up a leadoff double to Cain in the first but didn't allow another hit until pitcher Brandon Woodruff pinch-hit for Gonzalez with two outs in the fifth and singled to shallow left.
He was announced as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning, but when Cleveland manager Terry Francona countered by bringing LHP Andrew Miller into the game, Carlos Ruiz was sent up to pinch hit for Powell.
But early in the game, the only problems for the Rays came when they had to pinch-hit for designated hitter Austin Meadows in the third inning because of an apparent illness, according to the Athletic.
"I think the first clue was when [Mets manager] Davey Johnson was told he had to pinch-hit for Roger McDowell ... because the umpires chose to interpret the Met lineup in their own way," he said.
Rodriguez was demoted to eighth in the batting order by a frustrated Joe Torre in the 2006 playoffs, and was benched by an equally frustrated Joe Girardi and then pinch-hit for in the 2012 postseason.
With the Mets trailing, 260-0, with one out and a runner on first, Johnson pinch-hit for Ty Kelly and belted a two-run homer to the upper deck at Citi Field to tie the score.
After Roberts called on southpaw Grant Dayton to face left-handed-hitting Jake Lamb, who has 23 home runs and a team-high 24.94 RBIs, Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale sent Rickie Weeks Jr. to pinch-hit for Lamb.
Last Monday, with a runner on first and two outs in the ninth inning of a scoreless game against the San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence pinch-hit for his team's starting pitcher, Johnny Cueto.
Joe Maddon countered with Wilson Contreras to hit for Chris Coghlan (who was briefly going to pinch hit for Addison Russell), and Contreras hit a seeing-eye ball up the middle that scored both Zobrist and Rizzo, tying the game.
Washington starter Max Scherzer allowed two runs on four hits with 10 strikeouts in seven innings, before Matt Adams pinch hit for him with two outs and none on in the last of the seventh with the game tied at 2.
John Jaso pinch-hit for right-hander Daniel Hudson (1-2500), who got the win, and quickly lobbed a double off right-hander David Phelps (24-22) to right field, scoring Mercer and giving the Pirates an improbable 26-27.45 lead.
Holt was supposed to see more time as an infielder with the promotion of LF Andrew Benintendi earlier in the week, but he came on to pinch-hit for LF Bryce Brentz in the seventh inning and ended up being the hero.
Dickey stayed in the game long enough to qualify for the win — he allowed three runs, two earned, on five hits and two walks while striking out two over five innings — before manager Brian Snitker pinch-hit for him in the top of the sixth.
With the score tied at 4-4 and the bases loaded, Callaway pinch-hit for Syndergaard in the bottom of the fifth with the veteran Todd Frazier, who proceeded to strike out swinging, adding to the team's eventual total of 14 runners stranded on base.
Brett Gardner, hitless in his last 20 at-bats, was pinch-hit for by the rookie Rob Refsnyder, and Alex Rodriguez, given the day off while in a 1-for-16 skid, stayed anchored to the bench while a rally fell short in a 4-2 loss to the Blue Jays.
He benched and pinch-hit for Alex Rodriguez during the 2012 playoffs — Raul Ibanez, pinch-hitting for Rodriguez, delivered a homer to beat the Baltimore Orioles in Game 3 of a division series — and sat Ellsbury, who has a $153 million contract, for a wild-card loss to Houston two years ago.
Then Chase Utley—whose very presence on the Dodgers is an anachronism; who was the worst everyday hitter on the team this season; and who a couple innings earlier was allowed to stay in the game against a left-handed reliever in a situation that might normally see him pinch hit for because the Dodgers' lead at the time seemed safe— singled in Toles to give the team a lead.
But Callaway's decision to use Jay Bruce to pinch-hit for catcher Tomas Nido with runners on second and third in the fifth inning was a head-scratcher — it was a foregone conclusion the Brewers would walk Bruce to load the bases for Syndergaard, and because of the injuries to Travis d'Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki, Jose Lobaton was the only other catcher on the roster — as was his decision to allow Syndergaard to bat for himself.

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