outpitch

English

Etymology

out- +‎ pitch

Verb

outpitch (third-person singular simple present outpitches, present participle outpitching, simple past and past participle outpitched)

1. (baseball) To pitch better than an opposing pitcher.
   • 2007 February 7, Richard Goldstein, “Lew Burdette, Masterful Pitcher, Dies at 80”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He beat the Yankees, 4-2, at Yankee Stadium in Game 2, outpitched Whitey Ford in a 1-0 victory in Game 5 in Milwaukee, and then, pitching on two days’ rest because Spahn had the flu, threw a 5-0 shutout at Yankee Stadium in Game 7.

Anagrams

• pitch out, pitchout