Wiktionary
pinch-hitter
n. (alternative spelling of pinch hitter English)
Usage examples of "pinch-hitter".
Stealth was good enough to get two of Doc's chummers—my head missed being mounted on his trophy wall by a stroke of luck or two— before La Plante decided to put a pinch-hitter in for Stealth.
However, before Kerry Ann could reply, the pinch-hitter rifled Vlobski's first pitch into the gap in left and slid into second so hard the Belgorvian second base-machine tumbled on its titanium buttski as Hornsby barreled in spikes high.