Definition of "pinch-hitting" [pinch-hitting]

• Present participle of pinch-hit. (verb)

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• "The rally began when Harris. pinch-hitting for Capuano, singled."
• "Then Craig strikes out, meaning the Cards pinch-hitting hero in Game One, and almost hero in Game Two, is just 1-6 when starting in the field."
• "And in 2009 it was Greg Norton, another pinch-hitting specialist who flopped."