Assertion: relief pitcher | /r/CapableOf | start the game
Facets:
value: least the first inning
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the opener strategy
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In the opener strategy, a relief pitcher starts the game and pitches the first one or two innings (when guaranteed to face the top hitters in the opponent's lineup) before giving way to a long reliever to work the middle innings of the game.
text: More recently, teams began experimenting with an opener, a relief pitcher who starts a game but only pitches at least the first inning.
text: San Francisco Chronicle sports writer Bruce Jenkins has suggested that a "relief" (i.e. lesser) pitcher should start the game, so that the "starting" (i.e. stronger) pitcher would play the more crucial later innings.