Assertion: starting pitcher | /r/HasProperty | removed
Facets:
value: due to fatigue
type: CAUSE
value: due to injury
type: CAUSE
value: due to ineffectiveness
type: CAUSE
value: due to ejection
type: CAUSE
value: from a game
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Relief pitchers enter games after the starting pitcher has been removed, usually as a result of poor performance, high pitch count or injury.
text: Many relievers work only an inning or two -- at most -- in a given game, though most clubs have a "long reliever" whose role is to come in to pitch two, three or four innings in relief of a starting pitcher who was removed from a game particularly early.
text: In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, fatigue, ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as inclement weather delays or pinch hitter substitutions.